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NEW  BUSINESS  SPELLER 

BY 
CHAS.  M.  MILLER 

THE  MILLER  SCHOOL,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


LYONS  &  CARNAHAN 
CHICAGO  NEW  YORK 


COPYRIGHT,   1915 
LYONS  &   CARNAHAN 


PREFACE 

Not  a  few  new  words  have  come  into  the  language  of  recent 
years.  Some  old  words,  little  used  in  past  years,  have  come  into 
general  use.  The  latest  edition  of  Webster's  unabridged  makes 
use  of  some  new  diacritical  characters,  and  makes  some  changes 
in  pronunciation  and  definition  that  should  be  noted.  These  are 
the  technical  reasons  for  the  appearance  of  a  new  business  speller. 

The  technical  reasons  above  enumerated  are  alone  sufficient  to 
justify  the  bringing  out  of  a  new  book.  There  are  other  reasons, 
however,  that  have  made  the  New  Business  Speller  a  practical  neces- 
sity. Commercial  education  has  developed.  Courses  are  more 
advanced  than  they  were,  and  students  are  of  a  higher  grade. 
Business  men  are  yearly  becoming  more  critical. 

The  commercial  education  wave  has  brought  the  teaching  of 
spelling  into  the  high  schools  and  academies.  The  whole  field  of 
business  education  is  broader,  and  more  is  required  in  spelling,  as 
well  as  in  the  other  branches. 

For  these  reasons  the  tendency  has  been  to  increase  the  number 
of  words  in  the  spelling  books.  New  Business  Speller  has  6,000 
words,  or  about  1,000  words  more  than  any  other.  So  carefully 
have  these  words  been  selected,  however,  that  every  word  in  the 
book  will  be  seen  to  be  a  useful  one.  The  repetition  of  words  has 
been  worked  out  in  such  painstaking  detail  that,  while  all  needed 
repetition  for  review  has  been  given,  the  book  is  not  bulky,  nor  is 
there  any  wasteful,  useless  repetition. 

The  day  of  the  "word  list''  speller  has  passed.  The  unscientific 
compilations  of  miscellaneous  words  that  in  times  past  have  paraded 
under  the  name  of  speller  cannot  be  expected  to  last.  The  subject 
of  spelling  can  be  taught  as  scientifically,  with  the  same  high  regard 
for  completeness,  systematic  development,  and  effective  treatment, 
as  any  other  school  subject.  The  aim  of  the  New  Business  Speller 
is  to  give  such  a  treatment.    . 

Note  the  following  features: 

1.  There  are  200  lessons.  This  provides  for  forty  weeks  of 
five  days  each. 

2.  Many  new  words.  Instances  are  Lesson  122,  automobile 
terms,  and  Lesson  124,  aeroplane  terms. 

3.  The  total  number  of  words  is  6,000.  This  includes  all  words 
in  daily  use  and  many  words  that  are  important  but  are  only  oc- 
casionally used. 

4.  In  the  selection  of  words  special  attention  has  been  paid  to 
the  needs  of  high  school  students. 

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5.  Teachers  of  stenography  will  find  the  classifications  easily 
adaptable  to  the  requirements  of  their  classes.  Instances  are 
Lessons  61  to  64,  inclusive,  and  other  lessons  on  prefixes,  suffixes, 
derivatives,  root  words,  compound  words,  and  the  topical  classi- 
fications of  words  throughout. 

6.  The  monotonous  and  space-wasting  plan  of  arranging  all 
lessons  alike,  and  showing  definitions  of  all  words,  has  not  been 
followed.  Pronunciation  is  given  when  necessary.  Definitions 
are  given  where  necessary.  The  author  has  omitted  either  pro- 
nunciation or  definition,  or  both,  when  it  has  seemed  desirable. 
This  plan  reduces  the  study  of  spelling  to  its  lowest  terms,  saves 
space,  and  provides  variety. 

7.  Frequently  the  use  of  a  word  in  a  sentence  or  phrase  is  of 
more  assistance  to  the  student  than  a  formal  definition.  The  lists 
of  ''common  expressions'^  which  are  given  in  connection  with  the 
lessons  constitute  a  welcome  relief  from  the  monotony  of  constant 
definition.  When  definitions  are  given,  they  are  given  in  more 
complete  form  than  in  most  spellers. 

8.  Spelling  is  developed  scientifically.  The  rules  for  pro- 
nunciation, accent,  syllabication,  spelling,  compounding  of  words, 
and  the  study  of  word  building  are  made  the  basis  of  the  work  for 
the  first  seventy-two  lessons.  While  the  spelling  itself  is  con- 
stantly emphasized  as  the  important  thing,  and  learning  to  spell  as 
the  ultimate  object,  the  pupil  feels  that  his  daily  work  is  a  part  of 
a  broad  educational  scheme,  and  that  spelling  is  a  subject  to  be 
studied,  not  merely  a  daily  grind  of  memorization.  Beyond  Lesson 
72  there  is  classification  of  words  by  topic,  words  common  in  one 
subject,  such  as  history  or  geography,  being  grouped  together  for 
psychological  reasons.  Incidentally,  such  grouping  permits  econo- 
mies in  the  definitions:  thus,  twenty-five  kitchen  utensils  can  be 
listed  under  a  heading,  without  definition. 

9.  Beginning  on  page  181  is  an  index  which  includes  all  words 
of  the  speller,  alphabetically  arranged.     Each  word  is  followed  by  a 

>age  reference  which  shows  where  it  first  appears.     In  the  index, 
old  face  type  is  used  to  indicate  words  that  have  been  pronounced 

and  defined;  italic  indicates  words  for  which  the  pronunciation  is 

shown,  but  not  the  definition. 

10.  Special  attention  has  been  given  to  words  that  are  hard  to 
spell.  See  Lessons  57,  71,  and  others,  and  note  the  repetition  of 
the  more  difficult  words  in  the  reviews. 

11.  Every  fifth  lesson  is  a  review.  When  spelling  is  taught 
every  day,  the  review  lessons  will  come  on  the  same  day  every 
week.  These  reviews  contain  fifty  words  instead  of  twenty-five. 
Every  twentieth  lesson  is  a  general  review  which  contains  one 
hundred  words  and  should  be  used  as  a  ''spelling  down"  list. 

If  oral  "spelling  down"  lessons  are  objected  to,  a  "writing  down'' 
lesson  can  be  conducted  as  follows:  Dictate  all  the  words.  Then 
require  the  class  to  stand  while  correct  spellings  are  read  aloud, 


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each  student  taking  his  seat  as  soon  as  a  word  is  spelled  which  he 
has  written  wrong.  Those  standing  when  all  words  have  been  read 
are  the  winners. 

12.  The  principle  of  visualization  has  been  utilized.  Every 
word  is  presented  to  the  eye  first,  just  as  the  eye  must  be  accustomed 
to  see  it,  unmutilated  by  diacritical  marks.  Bold  face  type,  some- 
what larger  than  the  rest  of  the  book,  is  used  for  the  first  column, 
in  which  the  words  first  appear.  Respelling  phonetically  to  show 
pronunciation  is  a  violation  of  the  principle  of  visualization.  How- 
ever proper  such  phonetic  respelling  might  be  in  a  dictionary,  it  is 
unquestionably  improper  in  a  speller.  The  New  Business  Speller 
indicates  pronunciation  entirely  by  diacritical  markings,  without 
phonetic  misspelling,  except  in  case  of  a  very  few  words. 

Particular  attention  is  called  to  the  care  with  which  the  detail 
of  the  book  has  been  worked  out.  Examine  each  lesson  carefully. 
Innumerable  excellencies  will  present  themselves — minor  points, 
not  worthy  of  enumeration  in  a  list  of  important  features  but  in 
the  aggregate  making  the  strongest  feature  of  this  or  any  speller. 
These  innumerable  minor  essentials  of  perfection,  these  constant 
evidences  of  care,  can  be  relied  upon  as  sure  indications  that  the 
book  excels  in  completeness,  consistency,  accuracy,  and  pedagogical 
development. 


ORTHOEPY 
Correct  Pronunciation  an  Aid  in  Spelling 

The  spelling  of  the  words  of  a  purely  phonetic  language,  if 
any  such  existed,  would  be  simply  a  matter  of  learning  to  recognize 
and  name  the  letters,  to  know  their  sound  values,  and  to  pronounce 
correctly.  But  there  is  no  language  in  which  all  of  the  words  are 
spelled  exactly  as  they  are  pronounced.  In  proportion  as  a  lan- 
guage is  unphonetic  do  the  difficulties  of  its  orthography  increase. 
In  a  language  as  unphonetic  as  our  own,  where  the  sound  e,  for 
instance,  may  be  represented  by  e  (me),  ei  (seize),  ie  (siege)  ea 
(read),  i  (machine),  eo  (people),  ee  (need),  ae  (aerie),  correct  pro- 
nunciation is  by  no  means  an  infallible  guide  to  correct  spelling. 

It  is,  however,  true  that  even  in  our  unphonetic  tongue  many 
words  are  spelled  as  they  are  pronounced,  and  therefore  one  who 
pronounces  clearly  and  accurately  is  more  likely  to  spell  correctly 
than  one  who  is  slovenly  and  inaccurate  in  utterance. 

Standard  of  Pronunciation 

The  editors  of  a  dictionary  do  not,  as  some  people  think,  create 
the  standard  of  pronunciation.  They  merely  reduce  to  written 
form  the  usage  of  the  best  speakers.  One  might  think  that  there 
would  be  found  great  diversity  of  pronunciation  even  among 
educated  people,  and  there  is  diversity,  but  there  is  also  a  surpris- 
ing agreement  in  the  words  of  the  ordinary  vocabulary.  There 
are  certain  local  divergences,  certain  pronunciations  pecuHar  to 
certain  localities,  but  these  are  largely  ignored  by  the  editors  of  a 
dictionary.  In  the  case  of  words  having  more  than  one  pronun- 
ciation in  good  use,  both  are  given. 

Any  standard  dictionary  may  safely  be  used  as  a  guide  in 
pronunciation  or  spelling,  but  as  Webster's  International  is  in  general 
use  in  the  schools,  this  speller  follows  the  system  of  diacritical 
markings  in  the  latest  edition  of  this  dictionary — the  1913  edition. 
Some  slight  changes  from  former  editions  are  to  be  noted.  This 
speller  does  not  indicate  pronunciation  by  respeUing  words  phonet- 
ically, however,  as  does  Webster,  but  adheres  to  the  proper  spell- 
ing, marking  the  letters  whenever  necessary  to  indicate  the  sounds. 
Only  in  rare  unavoidable  cases  has  respelling  phonetically  been 
resorted  to,  and  then  only  in  brackets  following  the  correct  spelhng. 

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Names  of  Diacritical  Marks 
=  [-]  as  in  a     Dot  below 


Macron 

Breve  =[v]  as  in  a 
Modified  macron  =[-]  as  in  a 

Circumflex  =['^]  as  in  a 

Dots  above  =  ["]  as  in  a 

Dots  below  =  [..]  as  m  a 

Dot  above  =  []  as  in  a 


Tilde 

Lower  bar 
Suspended  bar 
Transverse  bar 
Cedilla 


=  [.]  as  in  a 
-  [~j  as  in  e 
=  [-]  as  in  e 
=  [-]  as  in  § 
=  [-]  as  in  c 
=  [ .  ]  as  in  9 


Modified  breve    =  [^]  as  in  8 


Italics  =  Slanting  letters  I  the  these. 
Key  to  Symbols  Used  in  Marking  Words 


a 

ape 

^ 

^lite 

6 

soft 

th 

thin 

a 

at 

ew 

few 

6 

son 

th 

this 

a 

arm 

f 

fun 

0 

do 

a 

ask 

g 

go 

0 

wolf 

u 

use,  tune 

a 

all 

g 

gem 

6 

or 

ii 

us 

a 

swan 

gh 

cough 

0 

work 

H 

urge 

k 

care 

h 

hat 

6 

obey 

U 

rude 

a 

senate 

ice 

oi 

oil 

u 

full 

b 

ball 

tin 

oo 

moon 

ti 

unite 

c 

can 

machine 

do 

foot 

v 

vim 

9 

nice 

sir 

ou 

our 

w 

win 

ch 

chin 

j 

jam 
kill 

ow 

owl 

wh 

(hw)  when 

9h 

machine 

k 

oy 

boy 

X 

box 

^h 

chorus 

1 

let 

p 

pet 

X 

(gz)  exact 

d 

do 

m 

man 

ph 

phantom 

y  (vowel)  defy 

e 

me 

n 

no 

q(u)quit 

y  (vowel)  hymn 

6 

met 

n 

ink 

r 

ran 

y  (vowel) 

e 

her 

ii 

canon 

s 

sat 

myrtle 

S 

ere 

ng 

sing 

§ 

rose 

y  (consonant) 

e 

obey 

0 

note 

sh 

she 

you 

buzz,  azure 

6 

^vent 

6 

hot 

t 

time 

z 

Webster's  International  Dictionary  uses,  in  addition  to  the 
above,  the  following  diacritically  marked  italic  vowels:  short  a, 
a  with  dot  above,  short  e,  short  o,  short  u,  to  indicate  the  very 
obscure  sounds  of  these  letters  in  such  words  as  final,  sofa,  recent^ 
occur,  and  circus,  but  as  the  plan  of  this  speller  is  to  ignore  the 
fine  distinctions  of  vowel  sounds  in  unaccented  syllables,  these  are 
not  shown.     Silent  letters,  however,  are  indicated  by  italics. 

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Note.  Words  formerly  marked  6  have  now  one  of  two  mark- 
ings, 6  and  6.  These  two  markings  simply  discriminate  the  two- 
sounds  which  the  best  speakers  have  long  given  to  this  vowel  when 
marked  thus:  6.  The  first  sound,  approaching  a,  is  heard  in  such 
words  as  odd,  forest,  on;  the  second,  an  equivalent  of  a,  is  heard 
in  long,  soft,  coffee. 


Equivalents 

Vowel 

a,  e 

ate,  fete 

do,  0,  u 

fdot,  wolf,  fyll 

A,  e 

chair,  th^re 

ou,  ow 

out,  owl 

a,  6,  au 

all,  for,  naughty 

u,  ew 

tune,  pew 

a  w 

awl 

ti,  6 

tip,  done 

a,  6 

ask,  6dd 

Consonant 

a!  6 

was,  16ng 

€,  k 

can,  kill 

e,  i,  ee 

he,  machine,  feet 

9,  s 

ice,  sun 

e,  i,  6, 

her,  sir,  work, 

f ,  gh,  ph  fun,  rough,  sulphur 

ti,y 

<irn,  myrtle 

J,  g 

jet,  gem 

I,  y 

time,  my 

n,  ng 

iak,  sing 

h  y 

If,  hymn 

§,  z 

was,  zinc 

oi,  oy 

boil,  boy 

t,  ed 

3ast,  passed 

00,  0,  u 

food,  do,  rude 

qu 

iW 

Note.     The  sound  i^  was  foi 

rmerly  marked  n. 

Cognates 

Cognates  are  pairs  of  sounds  produced  by  the  organs  of  speecb 
in  the  same  or  nearly  the  same  position.  One  of  the  pair  has  tone- 
(sub vocal);  the  other  is  a  mere  breathing  (aspirate). 

As  children  of  foreign  parentage  are  very  likely  to  substitute 
one  of  the  pair  of  cognates  for  the  other,  especially  an  aspirate  for 
its  corresponding  subvocal,  careful  attention  should  be  given  to 
drill  upon  the  following  table. 


Aspirate 


Subvocal 


p 

pm 

t 

tin 

k 

kill 

ch 

chin 

th 

thin 

f 

fun 

x(ks) 

box 

8 

see 

sh 

shine 

b 
d 

g 

j(g) 
th 


ball 
done 
go 
jam 
this 
V  verb 

5  (gz)  exact 
z  buzz 

z(h)      azure 


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Common  Errors 

Besides  the  above  noted  substitution  of  aspirates  for  subvocals, 
children  of  foreign  parentage  commonly  substitute  w  for  initial  v 
(woice  for  voice),  d  for  th  (fader  for  father),  y  for  j  (yump  for  jump), 
t  for  th  (tin  for  thin) . 

Another  very  common  error  is  to  omit  the  initial  sound  of  h 
in  wh  (wen  for  when).  It  should  be  noted  that  in  pronouncing 
wh  the  order  of  the  utterance  of  the  sounds  is  inverted,  h  coming 
first. 

All  children  (and  adults)  are  more  or  less  slovenly  in  the  pronun- 
ciation of  words  ending  in  two  or  more  consonants  (singin'  for 
singing,  coF  for  cold,  las'  for  last),  especially  when  the  next  word 
begins  with  a  consonant. 

All  these  errors  in  pronunciation  are  likely  to  results  in  errors 
in  spelling,  and  should,  therefore,  be  made  the  subject  of  special 
drill. 

List  for  pronouncing  drill  on  cognates: 

bridge  this 

then  thick 

jump  never 

very  jolly 

measure  white 

please  bring 

easy  mother 

that  where 

John  thumb 

people  which 

George  when 

verb  there 

Pronunciation 

In  a  monosyllable  or  accented  syllable  consisting  of  or  ending 
in  a  vowel,  the  vowel  usually  has  its  long  sound: — na'tion,  val- 
u  a'tion. 

In  a  monosyllable  or  accented  syllable  ending  in  silent  e,  the 
sounded  vowel  usually  has  its  long  sound: — mine,  di  "vine'.  In  an 
unaccented  syllable  ending  in  silent  e  the  sounded  vowel  usually 
has  its  modified  long  sound: — sen'ate. 

C,  s,  or  tj  when  preceded  by  an  accented  syllable  and  followed 
by  e  or  z  before  another  vowel,  usually  takes  the  sound  of  sh: — 
ocean,  gracious,  mission,  nutritious.  It  has  not  been  considered 
necessary  in  this  speller  to  respell  to  show  this  sound. 

C  and  g  when  followed  by  e,  i,  or  y  are  usually  sounded  like 
s  and  j: — mercy,  city,  cent,  George,  ginger,  gymnast. 

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Syllabication 

A  syllable  is  a  vowel  or  vowels  alone  or  in  combination  with  a 
consonant  or  consonants  uttered  with  one  impulse  of  the  voice. 

It  should  be  noted  that  a  vowel  is  the  nucleus  of  a  syllable, 
except  in  the  case  of  I,  rrij  and  w,  which  may  constitute  such  nucleus: 
— ca  h\e,  pris  m,  tak  en. 

Syllahication  is  the  separation  of  words  into  syllables.  It  is 
an  aid  in  oral  spelling  as  it  helps  to  give  a  clearer  mental  picture  of 
a  word,  and  it  is  an  essential  in  connected  writing  and  in  type- 
writing, in  order  to  divide  correctly  words  which  run  over  to  a 
succeeding  line.  The  syllabication  shown  in  the  pronunciation 
column  in  this  book  is  for  pronunciation  only,  and  does  not 
necessarily  indicate  the  correct  division  of  the  word. 

General  Rules  for  Syllabication 

A  consonant  between  two  vowels  is  usually  joined  to  the  second 
unless  the  first  vowel  is  short:   ra  ging,  to  ken,  hab  it. 

Exception,     x  should  not  begin  a  syllable: — ex  act. 

Two  consonants  between  two  vowels  are  usually  separated 
unless  the  first  vowel  is  long  or  the  following  vowel  is  in  an  accented 
syllable: — bar  ley,  car  ry,  bu  gler,  o  blige. 

Exception.    See  above: — anx  ious. 

Two  vowels  coming  together  and  sounded  separately  belong  to 
separate  syllables:— vac  u  um. 

Exercise.  Write  the  following  paragraph  in  several  ways  so 
as  to  bring  the  different  words  of  more  than  one  syllable  at  the 
ends  of  the  lines: 

There  are  two  general  rules  to  be  followed  in  dividing  a  word 
into  syllables:  First,  the  word  should  be  so  divided  as  to  give 
ease  and  smoothness  of  utterance;  and  second,  it  should  be  so 
divided  as  to  respect  the  origin,  or  derivation,  of  the  word. 

Accent 

Accent  is  a  particular  stress  of  the  voice  upon  one  or  more 
syllables  of  a  word: — ab  do'  men,  trans'  por  ta'  tion. 

Where  there  are  two  accents  in  a  word,  the  stronger  (primary) 
is  usually  near  the  end  of  the  word;  the  weaker  (secondary),  near 
the  beginning:  —  su'  per  in  tend'  ent. 

In  some  words  of  two  syllables  a  change  in  the  part  of  speech 
is  shown  by  a  change  in  accent: — ab'  sent  (adj.),  ab  sent' (verb). 

Accent  is  important  in  spelling  only  in  that  it  is  necessary  to 
correct  pronunciation. 

Definitions 

A  monosyllable  is  a  word  of  one  syllable: — rub. 

A  'polysyllable  is  a  word  of  more  than  one  syllable: — ordinary. 

A  primitive  word  (also  called  radical  or  root  word)  is  one  not 
derived  from  another  word  by  the  addition  of  a  prefix  or  suffix: — rob. 

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A  prefix  is  a  syllable  or  syllables  placed  at  the  beginning  of  a 
word  to  modify  its  meaning: — wnhappy. 

A  suffix  is  a  syllable  or  syllables  placed  at  the  end  of  a  word 
to  modify  its  meaning: — happiness. 

A  derivative  is  a  word  derived  from  a  primitive  word  by  the 
addition  of  a  prefix  or  suffix  or  both: — robber,  unhappiness. 

A  diphthong  is  a  union  of  two  vowel  sounds  in  one  syllable: — hoi\. 

A  digraph  is  two  signs  or  characters  combined  to  express  a 
single  sound: — head,  bai/i. 

A  trigraph  is  three  letters  united  so  as  to  have  but  one  sound: — 
Skdieu. 

Rules  for  Spelling 

There  are  exceptions  to  every  rule  for  spelling,  but  the  following 
rules  are  sufficiently  general  in  their  application  to  be  worth  remem- 
bering. 

Rule  1.  The  letters  /,  I,  and  s  at  the  end  of  monosyllables 
and  immediately  following  single  vowels  are  generally  doubled: — 
cliff,  toll,  mass. 

This  rule  also  applies  to  /  and  s  (but  not  l)  in  polysyllables: — 
sheriff,  express,  canal. 

Rule  2.     A  consonant  after  a  diphthong  or  a  double  vowel  i 
rarely  doubled: — moan,  moon. 

Rule  3.  In  derivatives  from  words  ending  in  c,  the  letter  k 
is  inserted  after  c: — ^panicky. 

Rule  4.  Monosyllables  and  words  accented  on  the  last  syllable 
ending  in  a  single  consonant  preceded  by  a  single  vowel  or  a  vowel 
after  qu  double  the  final  consonant  on  the  addition  of  a  suffix 
beginning  with  a  vowel: — ^rob,  robbing;  compel,  compelled;  quit, 
quitted. 

Rule  5.  The  final  consonant  is  not  doubled  when  a  suffix 
beginning  with  a  vowel  is  add^d,  when 

(a)  The  final  consonant  is  preceded  by  a  diphthong  or  by  a 
vowel  digraph: — daub,  dauber. 

(b)  The  accent  of  a  word  ending  in  a  single  consonant  falls 
on  any  other  syllable  than  the  last : — revel,  reveling. 

(c)  The  word  ends  in  two  different  consonants: — perform, 
performer. 

(d)  The  derivative  does  not  retain  the  accent  of  the  root: — 
prefer,  preference. 

Rule  6.  Final  e  of  a  primitive  word  is  dropped  on  the  addition 
of  a  suffix  beginning  with  a  vowel: — come,  coming. 

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Rule  7.  Final  e  of  a  primitive  word  is  usually  retained  on  the 
addition  of  a  suffix  beginning  with  a  consonant: — care,  careful. 

Rule  8.  Final  y  when  preceded  by  a  consonant  is  changed  to 
i  on  the  addition  of  a  suffix: — happy,  happier. 

Rule  9.  Final  y  when  preceded  by  a  vowel  remains  unchanged 
on  the  addition  of  a  suffix: — boy,  boyish. 

Rule  10.  Nouns  ending  in  /  or  je  usually  form  their  plurals 
by  changing  the/  to  v  and  adding  es  or  s: — calf,  calves;  knife,  knives. 

Rule  11.  Nouns  ending  in  o  preceded  by  a  vowel  form  their 
plurals  regularly  by  adding  s: — cameo,  cameos. 

Note.  The  spelling  of  the  plurals  of  nouns  ending  in  o  preceded 
by  a  consonant  is  not  uniform.     These  words  must  be  looked  up. 

Compound  Words 

A  compound  word  is  one  made  up  of  two  or  more  simple  words. 
It  may  or  may  not  be  written  with  the  hyphen: — son-in-law, 
blackboard. 

No  rules  can  be  given  which  will  determine  all  cases  in  which 
the  compound  word  is  hyphenated.  In  general  the  hyphen  is 
used,  although  the  tendency  is  toward  its  omission  in  some  words 
formerly  containing  it.  For  instance,  today ^  tonight,  and  tomorrow 
are  becoming  quite  common,  and  blackboard,  schoolhouse,  and 
classroom  are  sanctioned. 

The  following  rules  will  guide  in  the  use  of  the  hyphen: 

Use  the  hyphen 

Rule  12.     When  ex  precedes  titles: — ex-president. 

Rule  13.  When  a  numeral  adjective  precedes  rate  or  hand: — 
second-rate. 

Rule  14.  When  adjective  expressions  are  compounded: — 
light-haired. 

Rule  15.  In  numbers  below  one  hundred  made  by  adding  two 
numbers : — twenty-five. 

Rule  16.  Between  the  numerator  and  denominator  of  frac- 
tions : — two-thirds. 

Rule  17.  In  the  denominator  of  a  fraction  when  made  up  of 
two  words: — ten-thousandths. 

Whether  an  expression  is  a  group  of  independent  words  or  a 
compound  word,  is  a  matter  of  fact  not  covered  by  any  general 
rule.  Custom  governs  in  each  case,  and  custom  is  not  consistent. 
When  in  doubt,  the  dictionary  should  be  consulted — if  the  word  is 
usually  used  as  a  compound  word  it  will  be  found  there. 

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Prefixes 

a  on,  in,  without: — afire,  abed,  atheist. 

ab  (a>  abs)  from,  away: — avert,  abstract. 

ad  (ac,  af,  ag,  al,  an,  ap,  ar,  as,  at)  to: — adjoin,  acclainij 

affix,  aggregate,  allot,  annex,  appeal,  arrange,  assign, 
attract. 

ante  before: — antedate. 

anti  against,  opposite: — anticlimax,  antidote. 

be  to  make: — belittle. 

bi  two,  twice: — biweekly,  bivalve. 

circum     around: — circumnavigate. 

com  (CO,   col,    con,    cor)    with   or   together: — combine,    co- 

worker, colleague,  conjunction,  correspond. 
contra       (counter)  against: — contradict,  countermand. 

do  down,  from,  away: — deduct,  decay,  decide. 

dis  (di,  dif)  from,  away,  not: — disconnect,  digress,  differ. 

en  (in,  em)  to  make,  in  or  into : — envelop,  enfeeble,  embody, 

inclose. 
ex  (e,  ef,  es)  out  of,  from: — excel,  enormous,  effuse,  escape. 

extra         beyond : — extraordinary. 
fore  before: — foretell,  foresee. 

in  (ig,   il,   im,   ir,   un)   not:— indecent,   ignorant,   illegal, 

impoHte,  irregular,  unhappy. 
inter  (intra,   intro)   between,  among: — intercede,  introduce, 

intramural. 
mis  wrong,  wrongly: — misdeed,  miscall. 

mono        one : — monoplane. 
non  not : — non-conductor . 

per  through,  by: — permit,  perchance. 

peri  around : — ^perimeter. 

poly  many: — polysyllable. 

post  after: — ^postdate. 

pre  before: — precede,  prefix. 

pro  forth,  forward,  for: — produce,  proceed,  pronoun. 

re  back,  again: — recede,  repeat. 

semi  half: — semicircle. 

sub  (sue,  suf,  su^,  sum,  sup,  sus)  under,  below:— subway, 

succumb,  suffer,  suggest,  summon,  suppress,  suspense. 
trans  (tra,  traf)  over,  above: — transport,  traduce,  traffic. 

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Suffixes 


able,  ible       (adj.)  that  may  be;  worthy  of,  of  the  nature  of: — 

usable,  peaceable,  blamable. 
ac,  al,  ial       (adj.)    pertaining    to,    of   the   nature     of: — cardiac, 

legal,  cordial. 
en  (adj.)  made  of: — wooden. 

an,  ant,  ent,    (noun)  one  who,  that  which: — librarian.  Christian, 

ian  superintendent. 

(adj.)  tending  to,  of  the  nature  of: — insistent. 
ance,  ence,      act,  state,  quality  of: — abundance,  difference,  redun- 

ancy,  ency        dancy,  consistency. 

ar,er,  or,  eer,(noun)  one  who,  that  which: — actor,  druggist,  stop- 
ier,  ist  per,    auctioneer,  cashier. 

ar,  er,  or         (adj.)  pertaining     or  according  to,    more: — regular, 

cheaper. 
ary,ery,  ory    (noun)  place  where,  persons,  things: — library,  hosiery, 
armory, 
(adj.)  of  the  nature  of: — rotary,  transitory. 
ee  one  who,  one  to  whom: — payee. 

en  (adj.)  made  of: — wooden, 

(verb)  to  make: — gladden. 
ion  act  of: — reduction. 

ive  (adj.)  tending  to :— preventive,  active. 

(noun)  that  which: — motive. 
ize  to  make: — realize. 

less  without : — careless. 

ly  (adj.)  like: — manly. 

(adv.)  in  a  manner: — correctly,  happily. 
0U8  (ious)  full  of: — joyous,  gracious. 


Roots 

ag  (act)  to  do,  act,  drive: — agent,  actor,  enact. 

cap  (capt,  capit)  head;  to  take:— cape,  capture,  capital. 

ced  (cede,  ceed,  cess)  to  yield,  to  give,  to  go: — precede, 

proceed,  cession. 
cid  (cis)  to  cut,  to  kill: — incision,  decide,  suicide. 

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•clud  (clus)  to  shut: — include,  conclusion. 

-due  (duct)  to  lead  or  draw: — ductile,  induce. 

fac  (fact,  feet)  to  make: — facile,  factor,  effect. 

fer  to  bear: — refer,  suffer. 

grad  (gress)  to  step: — graduate,  progress. 

g^aph     ,  to  write: — phonograph. 

jac  (ject)  to  throw: — reject,  ejaculate. 

leg  (legis,  legit)  law: — legal,  legislate. 

log  speech,  reason: — logic,  geology. 

mit  (miss)  to  send: — remit,  mission. 

mov  (mot)  to  move: — move,  motion. 

pel  (puis)  to  drive: — repel,  repulse. 

pon  (pos,  posit)  to  place: — postpone,  propose,  position. 

scrib  (script)  to  write: — inscribe,  inscription.    . 

tract  to  draw: — extract,  traction. 

Notes 

Words  are  respelled  for  pronunciation  in  this  book  only  when 
it  is  impossible  to  show  the  correct  pronounciation  by  diacritical 
marks. 

Silent  letters  are  printed  in  italics,  thus:— heig'/it. 

The  vowels  in  the  accented  syllables  are  marked  for  pronuncia^ 
tion,  but  those  in  the  unaccented  syllables  are  not  usually  marked. 

Consonants  in  all  syllables  are  marked  when  necessary. 


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LESSON  1 
See  Accent f  Introduction 

The  words  in  this  lesson  are  accented  alike  as  nouns  and  verbs. 


capture 
employ 


attack 


defeat 


release 
practice 


pardon 
lament 


receipt  re  geipt' 

discourse  dis  course' 

recall  re  calZ' 

preface  prgf'age 

escape  es  cape' 

gesture  gSs'ture 

estimate  6s'ti  mate 

picture  pic'ture 

accord  ac  cord' 

incline  in  cline' 

surprise  sur  pri§e' 

retreat  re  treat' 

consent  con  s6nt' 


To  acknowledge  in  writing  the  payment 
of  money;  the  act  of  receiving;  a 
written  acknowledgment  of  payment. 

To  talk  in  a  continuous  or  formal  manner; 
consecutive  speech  on  a  given  subject. 

To  call  back;  the  right  of  the  people  to 
remove  a  public  officer  from  office. 

To  introduce;  introductory  remarks, 
spoken  or  written. 

To  get  free  or  clear  from  danger;  flight 
from  danger. 

To  illustrate  with  action;  a  motion  to 
express  sentiment. 

To  judge  or  compute  the  size,  extent,  or 
value  of  a  thing;  a  statement  of  the 
size,  extent,  or  value  of  a  thing. 

To  represent;  to  bring  before  the  mind; 
a  representation  or  an  image. 

To  be  in  harmony  (with);  to  grant  (to); 
agreement  or  harmony. 

To  slant;  to  favor  a  certain  opinion  or 
belief;  a  slope. 

To  come  upon  suddenly  and  unexpected- 
ly; to  cause  a  feeling  of  astonishment; 
a  feeling  of  astonishment. 

To  withdraw  from  any  place;  a  place  of 
privacy  or  safety;  a  refuge. 

To  agree  to  or  allow;  permission. 


Look  up  these  words  in  the  dictionary: 


address 


recruit 


aUy 


advance 


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LESSON  2 

See  Accent,  Introduction 
These  words  are  accented  on  the  first  syllable  when  used  as; 
nouns  or  adjectives;  on  the  last  when  used  as  verbs. 


absent      (adj.,  verb) 


rebel 


(noun,  verb) 


record       (noun,  verb) 


contest 
subject 
object 


(noun,  verb) 
(noun,  verb) 
(noun,  verb) 


contract  (noun,  verb) 


extract      (noun,  verb) 


contrast  (noun,  verb) 


produce    (noun,  verb) 


digest       (noun,  verb) 


accent  {n,v)  ac'ggnt    ac  g&nV 
import  {n,v)  im'port  im  port' 
perfect  (a,v)  per'fect  per  feet' 
convict  ln,v)  c6n'vict  con  vIct' 
refuse    (n,v)  rSf'use    re  fuse' 

Look  up  in  the  dictionary: 
content  (a)        instinct  (n,  a) 


Many   students   were   absent  that   day. 

You     should     not     absent     yourself 

without  good  cause. 
Many   Mexican   rebels   lost   their   lives. 

The  boy  seemed  to  rebel  against  all 

authority. 
No    case    of    that    kind    is   on   record. 

The   secretary   will   record   the   vote 

as  announced. 
The  result  of  the  contest  was  in  doubt. 

Shall  you  contest  his  right  to  the  seat? 
The  subject  of  his  lecture  was  not  given. 

This  will  subject  you  to  criticism. 
What    object    have     you     in     view    in 

WTiting?     He  does  not  object  to  his 

friend's  actions. 
He   took   the   contract  to   do  the  work. 

He  will  not  contract   to   do   it   in   a 

certain    time.      Cold    contracts,    but 

heat  expands. 
Vanilla   is    an    extract    from    a    bean. 

An    extract    from    his  speech  was  in 

the  morning    paper.       The     dentist 

did  not  want  to  extract  the  tooth. 
There    was    a    striking  contrast  between 

the     two.       Contrast     his   statement 

with  mine. 
He    was    a    dealer    in     produce    of    all 

kinds.      When    called    upon,  he  will 

produce  the  report. 
He  gave  a  digest  of    the    week's    news. 

It  is  difficult  to  digest  some  foods. 

present    (n,a,v)pr6s'ent    pre  s6nt' 

export      {n,v)    gx'port     ex  port' 

progress  (n,v)    prSg'ress  pro  grgss' 

desert       (n,v)    d6§'ert      de  sert' 

content   (n,v)    cOn'tent  con  t6nt' 


minute  (n,  a)        expert  (n,  a) 


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LESSON  3 
Rule  1,  Introduction 


Mono- 
syllables 

tm 

gruff 

quill 

gross 

skiff 

quell 

thiill 

troll 

scruff 

skull 

toll 

mull 


Some 

exceptions: 

plus 


Polysyllables 
mattress 

sheriff 

tariff 

embarrass 

bailiff 


clef 
gas 
pus 
bus 


rebuff 

confess 
mastiff 
redress 


compass 


success 


harass 


access 


mat'^ress 

shgr'if/ 

tar'if/ 

em  bar'rass 

hUViif 

re  hW 

con  fgss' 
mas'tif/ 
re  drgss' 


com  pass 

sue  ggss' 
har'ass 


A  bed  stuffed  with  hair  or 

other  material. 
The  chief  executive  officer 

of  a  county. 
A  schedule  of  duties  or  rates. 
To  hinder  or  perplex. 
A     sheriff's     assistant      or 

deputy. 
A  sudden  check;  to  repulse 

violently. 
To  admit  a  crime  or  fault. 
One  of  a  breed  of  large  dogs. 
To     set     right;     to     make 

amends  for. 


An  inclosed  space;  a  range 
of  tones;  an  instrument 
for  determining  direc- 
tion; to  surround. 

The  attainment  of  an  at- 
tempted end. 

To  weary  by  teasing  or 
fretting. 

means    of 


ap- 


ac'gess  or       Admission; 
ac  g&ss'  proach. 

Some  polysyllables  ending  in  a  single  I : 

apparel  bevel  spoonful  until 

cupful  panel  rival  extol 

legal  level  armful  drivel 

chisel  handful  impanel  travel 

careful  gravel  ravel  total 

Note.  For  the  dictation  lesson,  use  any  twenty-five  words  from 
the  fifty  given  above.  If  preferred,  two  written  lessons  may  be 
dictated  from  the  list;  but  if  this  is  done,  the  review  lessons  (every 
fifth  lesson)  will  not  come  regularly  on  Friday. 


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LESSON  4 
Rule  2,  Introduction 

moan  moan  explain  ex  plain' 

brooni  broom  proof  proof 

plait  plait  conceal  con  year 

chief  chief  frail  frail 

daub  daub  squeal  squeal 

repeat  re  peat'  loan  loan 

thief  thief  haul  haul 

loam  loam  groan  groan 

sheaf  sheaf  scream  scream 

conceit  con  g&it'  *escheat  es  cheat' 

reveal  re  veal'  contain  con  tain' 

Exceptions 

gneiss  gneiss  A  crystalline  rock  made  up  of  quartz,  feld- 
spar, and  mica. 

guess  gu^ss  To  form  an  opinion  at  random;  an  opinion 
without  sufficient  grounds  for  it. 

feoff  fgof/         A  fief;  an  estate  held  on  condition  of  military 

•  service. 

*Escheat,  to  lapse  or  revert  to  the  crown  or  to  the  state. 


LESSON  5 

Review 

preface 

digest 

minute 

embarrass 

receipt 

conceit 

gas 

recruit 

rebel 

mull 

practice 

clef 

consent 

guess 

release 

accord 

thrill 

skull 

ravel 

plait 

present 

tariff 

skiff 

success 

mattress 

apparel 

produce 

armful 

refuse 

rival 

extol 

conceal 

harass 

sheriff 

careful 

level 

bus 

desert 

until 

till 

gross 

chisel 

accent 

progress 

cupful 

confess 

estimate 

impanel 

gesture 

total 

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LESSON  6 
Rule  3,  Introduction 
Spell  the  derivatives  formed  by  adding  the  accompan3dng  suflSxes. 

A  severe  pain  in  the  ab- 
domen. 

A  sudden  fright ;  a  widespread 
fright  in  financial  affairs. 

To  go  on  a  pleasure  excursion 
in  the  open  air. 

To  indulge  in  play  and  mirth. 

To  treat  with  medicine. 
To  imitate  for  sport. 
To  buy  or  sell  goods. 

To    cover    with    shellac,     a 

resinous  substance. 

To  coat  with  zinc,  an  easily 

melted,  bluish-white  metal. 

*Zincky  and  zincking  are  also  written  zinky  or  zincy  and  zincing. 

Note.     The  twenty-one  derivatives  and  the  words  mimic y  frolic y 

physic,  and  traffic,  constitute  the  written  lesson. 


colic  (y) 

c6l'ic 

panic  (y) 

pan'ic 

picnic  (ing,  ed,  er) 

pic'nic 

frolic  (ing,  ed,  y) 

frSric 

physic  (ing,  ed) 

phys'ic 

mimic  (ing,  ed,  er) 

mim'ic 

traffic  (ing,  ed,  er) 

traf/ic 

shellac  (ing,  ed) 

sheZ  lac' 

^zinc  (ing,  ed,  y) 

zinc 

LESSON  7 

Rule  4, 

Introduction 

bag 

bagging 

bagged 

baggage 

acquit 

acquitting 

acquitted 

acquittal 

occur 

occurring 

occurred 

occurrence 

remit 

remitting 

remitted 

remittance 

excel 

excelling 

excelled 

excellent 

rob 

robbing 

robbed 

robber 

repel 

repelling 

repelled 

repellent 

quiz 

quizzing 

quizzed 

quizzical 

stop 

stopping 

stopped 

stopper 

rebel 

rebelling 

rebelled 

rebellion 

propel 

propelling 

propelled 

propeller 

concur 

concurring 

concurred 

concurrence 

swim 

swinmiing 

Teacher. 

See  note  to  Lesson  3. 

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LESSON  8 
Rule  4,  Introduction 


skim 
tag 
forget 
tar 
wit 
gas 
star 
beg 

control 
admit 
trim 
*abet 
knit 
trot 
drum 
recur 
dip 
rub 
chop 


skimming 

tagging 

forgetting 

tarry 

witty 

gassy 

starry 

begging 

controlling 

admitting 

trimming 

abetting 

knitting 

trotting 

drumming 

recurring 

dipping 

rubbing 

chopping 


skimmed 

tagged 

forgot 

forbid 

ton 

rid 

unfit 

begged 

controlled 

admitted 

trimmed 

abetted 

knitted 

trotted 

drummed 

recurred 

dipped 

rubbed 

chopped 


skimmer 

tagger 

forgotten 

forbidding 

tonnage 

riddance 

unfitted 

beggar 

controller 

admittance 

trimmer 

abettor 

knitter 

trotter 

drummer 

recurrence 

dipper 

rubber 

chopper 


*Abet,  to  aid  or  encourage — now  usually  used  in  a  bad  sense; 
as,  to  abet  a  crime. 

Exceptions 

gases  (pi.  of  gas)  gas'e§  Fluids  of  the  form  or  nature  of  air. 

gaseous  g^s'e  ous         In  the  form  of  gas. 

gasify  g3-s'i  fy  To  convert  into  gas. 

chagrined  gha  grined'     Put  to  shame. 

transferable  trans  f er'a  ble  That  may  be  transferred. 

inferable  in  f er'a  ble     That  may  be  inferred. 

There  are  many  words  coming  under  Rule  4:  Equip,  equipping, 
equipped;  permit,  permitting,  permitted;  scan,  scanning,  scanned; 
trip,  tripping,  tripped;  dun,  dunning,  dunned;  expel,  expelling, 
expelled;  compel,  compelling,  compelled;  strip,  stripping,  stripped, 
submit,  submitting,  submitted;  begin,  beginning,  beginner;  etc; 
An  additional  lesson  may  be  made  from  these,  if  desired. 

Teacher,  To  make  twenty-five  words,  dictate  one  word  from 
each  of  the  nineteen  lines,  and  the  six  exceptions. 


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LESSON  9 
Practice  under  Rule  4 
Spell  the  derivatives  ending  in  er  and  est,  from  the  following: 
mad  fat  dim  slim 

thin  sad  big  flat 

hot  glad 

iSpell  the  nouns  ending  in  er,  formed  from  the  following: 
run  cut  spin  tin 

win  plot  trap  blot 

wrap  transmit 

iSpell  the  derivatives  ending  in  ing,  formed  from  the  following: 


drop 

pad 

pin 

drip 

run 

hum 

sag 

jar 

nod 

omit 

grin 

can 

tip 

spot 

mat 

sun 

chip 

pat 

ship 

brim 

See  note  to  Lesson  3. 


LESSON  10 

Review 

rebellion 

gaseous 

abetting 

knitted 

pus 

transmitter 

shellacked 

jarring 

acquittal 

trafficking 

sheriff 

propeller 

baggage 

skull 

embarrass 

thinner 

excellent 

clef 

admittance 

harass 

gases 

mimicked 

riddance 

recurrence 

occurrence 

repellent 

repelling 

forbidding 

panicky 

quizzical 

tonnage 

spinner 

trotter 

picnicker 

transferable 

concurrence 

controlling 

:  brgotten 

omitting 

unfitted 

concurring 

starry 

level 

impanel 

apparel 

legal 

tagged 

inferable 

rebelling 

conceit 

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Rule  5,  Introduction 

prefer 

pre  fer' 

preference 

prefer  enge 

preferable 

prefer  a  ble 

refer 

re  fer' 

reference 

rgf'er  en9e 

referable 

r6f 'er  a  h\e 

infer 

in  fer' 

inference 

In'fer  enqe 

bevel 

bgv'el 

beveling 

bgv'el  ing 

beveled 

bgv'ekd 

revel 

rfiv'el 

reveling 

rgv'el  ing 

reveled 

rgv'eled 

reveler 

rgv'el  er 

panel 

pan'el 

paneling 

p^n'el  ing 

)aneled 

3an'eled 

level 

iSv'el 

eveling 

6v'el  ing 

leveled 

16v'el6d 

leveler 

16v'el  er 

travel 

trav'el 

traveling 

tr^v'el  ing 

traveled 

trav'eled 

traveler 

trav'el  er 

ravel 

rav'el 

raveling 

rav'el  ing 

raveled 

r^v'eled 

cancel 

can'^el 

canceling 

can'gel  ing 

canceled 

can'geled 

confer 

con  fer' 

conference 

cSn'fer  enge 

defer 

de  fer' 

deference 

defer  enqe 

tranquil       trSr^'quil  tranquilize  trS-i^'quil  ize 

Note.     The  twenty-five  derivatives  listed  above  constitute  the 
written  lesson. 

Some  Exceptions 

humbug  humbugging  humbugged 

metal  metaUic  metallurgy 

crystal  crystallize  crystallization 

Note.  The  derivatives  of  the  words  ending  in  I  which  properly 
come  under  this  rule  are  by  some  orthographers  spelled  with  two 
Ts,  but  the  editors  of  the  International  Dictionary  give  the  prefer- 
ence to  the  single  letter. 


Look  up  in  the  dictionary: 
cancellation 


crystalline 


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LESSON  12 
Rule  5,     Introduction 
Spell  the  derivatives  formed  by  adding  ing  and  ed  to  the  following : 

to  sing  joyfully. 

to  put  an  identifying  mark  upon. 

to    have    the   same    quantity,    value, 

degree,  or  rank, 
to  dispute  angrily. 

to  expose  another  to  pubUc  ridicule  or 
contempt  by  writing,  picture,  or 
other  sign. 

to  pay  divine  honors  to. 

to  paint  or  draw  with  a  pencil  or  brush. 

to  form  after  a  pattern. 

to  put  in  danger. 

to  beat  with  a  short,  heavy  stick. 

to  crawl;  to  be  low  or  mean. 

to  dispose  or  arrange  in  order. 

to  wonder 

to  separate  the  threads  of;  to  solve 

to  draw  into  wrinkles;  to  shrink. 

to  make  a  passage  through  or  under. 

to  give  advice  to. 

to  give  a  smooth,  glossy  surface  to; 
to  lay  enamel  upon. 

to  influence  in  favor  of. 

to  throw  with  a  shovel. 

to  swing  on  a  pin  or  pivot. 

Common  Expressions 
swivel  gun  biased  opinion 

enameled  ware  imperiled  his  chances 

greatly  marveled       caroling  joyfully 


carol 

car'ol 

label 

la'bel 

equal 

e'qual 

quarrel 

quar'rel 

libel 

li'bel 

worship 

wor'ship 

pencil 

pgn'gil 

model 

m5d'el 

imperil 

impgr'il 

cudgel 

ciic^g'el 

grovel 

grSv'el 

marshal 

mar'shal 

marvel 

mar'vel 

unravel 

un  rSv'el 

shrivel 

shrlv'el 

tunnel 

ttin'wel 

counsel 

coun'sel 

enamel 

en  &m'el 

bias 

bi'as 

shovel 

shov'el 

swivel 

swiv'el 

rightly  labeled 
cudgeled  his  brains 
marshaling  his  forces 

equalize        worshiper        marvelous         counselor 


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LESSON  13 

Rule  5, 

Introduction 

habit 

habitual 

peril 

perilous 

special 

specialize 

stupid 

stupidity 

genial 

geniality 

frigid 

frigidity 

develop 

developing 

developed 

developer 

profit 

profiting 

profited 

profitable 

differ 

differing 

differed 

difference 

inherit 

inheriting 

inherited 

inheritance 

suffer 

suffering 

suffered 

sufferance 

*kidnap 

kidnaping 

kidnaped 

kidnaper 

daub 

daubing 

daubed 

dauber 

limit 

limiting 

limited 

limitations 

deposit 

depositing 

deposited 

depository 

prohibit 

prohibiting 

prohibited 

prohibitory 

jcombat 

combating 

combated 

combatant 

benefit 

benefiting 

benefited 

tutor 

tutoring 

tutored 

legal 

legalize 

legality 

envelop 

enveloping 

enveloped 

elicit 

eliciting 

elicited 

general 

generalize 

generality 

rivet 

riveting 

riveted 

happen 

happening 

happened 

*The  International  Dictionary  also  endorses  the  spelling  of  the 

derivatives  of  this  word  with  two  p's. 

tThe  accent 

is  on  the  first  syllable  in  the  root  word  and  in  all  its 

derivatives. 

Common  Expressions 

profiting  by  his  error  legality  of  the  transaction 

suffered  from  the  delay  deposited  the  amount 

enveloped  in  mystery  difference  of  opinion 

limited  express  greatly  benefited 

specialize  in  history  left  an  inheritance 

eliciting  no  response  develop  the  resources 

riveting  the  attention  prohibiting    the   use   of 

a  stupid  mistake  national  depository 

Note.    The  words  in  the  last  line  of  all  lessons,  except  reviews, 
are  to  be  looked  up  in  the  dictionary. 


offer  (ing,  ed)    poison  (ed,  ous)  proffer  (ing,  ed)   symbol  (ize,  ical) 


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Rule  6, 

Introduction 

come 

coming 

love 

lovable 

force 

forcing 

cure 

curable 

blame 

blaming 

arrive 

arrival 

plumage 

plum'age 

arguing 

ar'gu  ing 

bridal 

brid'al 

roguish 

ro'gwish 

usable 

u§'a  ble 

resemblance 

re  §6m'blan9e 

collegiate 

coZ  le'gi  ate 

valuable 

vSJ'u  a  ble 

admirable 

ad'mi  ra  ble 

purchasable 

ptir'chas  a  ble 

advisory 

ad  vi'§o  ry 

censuring 

5en's(h)ur  ing 

balancing 

barang  ing 

grievance 

grtev'ange 

sensitive 

s6n'si  tive 

fleecy 

fleeg'y 

recital 

re  git'al 

forcible 

for'gi  ble 

excusable 

ex  ctig'a  ble 

assembling 

as  sSm'bling 

sensible 

s6n'si  ble 

notable 

no'ta  ble 

insurance 

in  s(h)ur'an5e 

observance 

ob  §erv'ange 

advisable 

ad  vi§'a  ble 

desirable 

de  §ir'a  ble 

inquiry 

in  quir'y 

rescuing 

rgs'cu  ing 

assemblage 

as  sSm'blage 

approval 

ap  prov'al 

debatable 

de  bat'a  ble 

incurable 

in  cur'a  ble 

ridiculous 

ri  dic'il  bus 

opposition 

op'po  gl'tion 

gauging 

gawg'ing 

imitator 

im'i  ta'tor 

imaginary 

im  ag'i  na  ry 

invitation 

inVi  ta'tion 

meddling 

mgd'cQing 

purify 

pu'ri  fy 

Common  Expressions 

course  is  advisable  recital  of  the  facts 

balancing  the  account  forcible  reminder 

arguing  the  case  proper  observance  of  the  day 

debatable  question  gauging  the  distance 

desirable  location  advisory  board 

incurable  disease  collegiate  education 

striking  resemblance  air  his  grievance 

Censuring:  finding  fault  with,  or  blaming. 

Gauging:  measuring. 

Notable:  worthy  of  note;  distinguished. 


futurity 


capricious 


coercion 


illustrative 


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canceling 

inference 

rivaling 

modeled 

enamel 

poisonous 

deposited 

imitator 

canceled 

admirable 

prohibitory 

preferable 

labeling 


Review 


metallic 

counselor 

limited 

reveling 

benefited 

approval 

traveler 

biased 

worshiped 

raveling 

humbugged 

inheritance 

quarreUng 


habitual 

symbolical 

paneled 

traveling 

tranquilize 

preference 

forcible 

combatant 

marvelous 

beveled 

equalize 

advisable 


leveled 

worshiping 

opposition 

roguish 

recital 

profitable 

imaginary 

rivaled 

limitations 

balancing 

meddling 

grievance 


guide  (ing,  ance) 
manufacture  (ing) 
persevere  (ance) 
excite  (ing,  able) 
legislate  (ure,  or) 
embrace  (ing) 
remove  (al) 
inclose  (ure) 
unite  (ing) 

conciliate  (ing,  ory) 
narrate  (ion,  or) 
requite  (al) 
ventilate  (ion) 


LESSON  16 
Practice  under  Rule  6 

guide  vice  (ious) 
man'u  fac'ture  destitute  (ion) 

per'se  vere'  encircle  (ing) 

ex  gite'  relate  (ion,  ive) 

Igg'is  late  condense  (ation) 

em  brage'  restore  (ing) 

re  move'  desire  (ous) 

in  close'  separate  (ion,  or) 

u  nite'  promote  (ion) 


con  gfl'i  ate 
nar  rate' 
re  quite' 
v6n'ti  late 


vi^e 

dgs'ti  tute 
en  gir'cle 
re  late' 
con  dense' 
re  store' 
de  §ire' 
s6p'a  rate 
pro  mote' 

To  regain  the  good  will. 
To  give  an  account  of. 
To  pay  back. 
To    cause    fresh    air    to 
circulate  through. 


Common  Expressions 


preparatory  to  removal 
prejudicial  to  our  interests 
manufacturing  the  article 
process  of  separation 


highly  desirable 
in  relation  to  the  inclosure 
promote  your  interests 
uniting  under  one  head 


practical  collegian  preparatory  prejudicial 


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LESSON  17 

Exceptionj 

3  to  Rule  6,  Introduction 

manage 

man'age 

manageable 

man'age  a  blc 

service 

serv'ige 

serviceable 

serv'ige  a  ble 

peace 

peage 

peaceable 

peage'a  ble 

notice 

no'tigg 

noticeable 

no'tige  a  ble 

agree 

a  gree' 

agreeable 

a  gree'a  ble 

marriage 

marViage 

marriageable  mar'riage  a  hi 

trace 

trage 

traceable 

trage'a  ble 

change 

change 

changeable 

changp'a  ble 

charge 

charge 

chargeable 

charge'a  ble 

courage 

cotir'age 

courageous 

cou  ra'geous 

outrage 

out'rage 

outrageous 

out  ra'geous 

advantage 

ad  van'tage 

advantageous  ad 'van  ta'geoi 

hoe 

hoe 

hoeing 

hoe'ing 

shoe 

shoe 

shoeing 

shoe'ing 

toe 

toe 

toeing 

toe'ing 

canoe 

ca  noe' 

canoeing 

ca  noe'ing 

dye 

dye 

dyeing 

dye'ing 

singe 

singe 

singeing 

singe'ing 

springe 

springe 

springeing 

sprlnge'ing 

swinge 

swinge 

swingeing 

swinge'ing 

tinge 

tinge 

tingeing 

tinge'ing 

Springe,  to  catch  game  with  a  snare. 

Swinge,  to  hammer;  to  forge. 

The  e  is  retained  in  the  derivatives  formed  from  the  first 
ten  words  in  order  to  preserve  the  soft  sound  of  c  and  g,  which 
commonly  have  the  hard  sound  before  a  and  o. 

The  e  is  retained  in  the  derivatives  formed  from  the  last  eight 
words  to  preserve  the  identity  of  the  roots. 


Common  Expressions 


noticeable  difference 
advantageous  bargain 
outrageous  conduct 
marriageable  age 
chargeable  to  your  account 


allowance  for  mileage 
a  serviceable  garment 
toeing  the  mark 
singeing  his  hair 
changeable  in  hue 


disadvantageous    unmanageable    mileage     unserviceable 


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Rule  7,  Introduction 
znovement      mgve'ment  useful 

immediately  im  meMi  ate  ly    amusement 


scarcely  scdrge'Iy 

purposely        piir'pose  ly 
positively        p6§'i  tive  ly 
disgraceful     dis  grage'ful 
hateful  hate'ful 

impulsively 
inducement 
extensively 
successively 
postponement 
serenely 
consecutively 


blameless 

wasteful 

arrangement 


use'ful 

a  muge'ment 

blame'less 

wasteful 

ar  range'ment 


encouragement  en  coiir'agc  ment 
sincerely  sin  gere'ly 


im  ptil'sive  ly 
in  duge'ment 
ex  tgn'sive  ly 
sue  Qgss'ive  ly 
post  pone'ment 
se  rene'ly 


In  a  manner  marked  by  im- 
pulse. 

That  which  leads  one  to 
action. 

In  a  large  manner;  widely. 

Following  in  order. 

Act  of  delaying  or  putting  off. 

In  a  calm  manner. 


con  s6c'u  tive  ly    Successively. 

Note.  The  exceptions  to  Rule  7  are:  Awful,  truly,  wholly, 
nursling,  lodgment,  duly,  argument,  judgment,  abridgment,  ack- 
nowledgment. These  should  be  emphasized  in  a  special  lesson, 
or  should  be  given  instead  of  ten  of  the  words  of  the  lesson. 


Common  Expressions 


spoke  impulsively 
an  added  inducement 
advertised  extensively 
numbered  consecutively 
disgraceful  conduct 
Sincerely  yours 


to  make  arrangements 
advised  postponement 
leave  immediately 
aid  the  movement 
useful  articles 
wasteful  method 


disburse  (ment)  Intimate  (ly)  infringe  (ment)  announce  (ment) 


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Practice  under  Rules  6  and  7,  Introduction 


nineteenth  nlne'teenth 

entirely  en  tire'ly 

reputable  rgp'ti  ta  ble 

conspiracy  con  splr'a  9y 


supremely 

immensity 

tiresome 

statement 

conspirator 

defenseless 

salable 

brakeman 

seizure 

separately 

namesake 

security 

safety 

inspiration 


su  premely 
im  m6n'si  ty 
tire'some 
state'ment 
con  splr'a  tor 

de  f6nse1ess 
sal'a  ble 
brake'man 
seiz'ure 
s6p'a  rate  ly 
name'sake' 
66  cu'ri  ty 
safe'ty 
in'spi  ra'tion 


provincial       pro  vin'cial 
aspirant  as  pir'ant 

financial  fi  n^n'^cial 

comparatively  com  p3,r'a  tive 


One  of  nineteen  equal  parts;  the 
ninth  unit  after  the  tenth  in  any 
series. 

Completely;  wholly. 

Held  in  esteem;  of  good  repute. 

A    plot;     an    agreement    between 
persons  to  do  evil. 

In  a  supreme,  or  highest,  manner. 

Vastness  in  extent. 

Tending  to  tire  or  weary. 

The  act  of  stating;  a  narrative. 

One  who  enters  into  a  plot  or  con- 
spiracy. 

Without  means  of  defending. 

That  may  be  easily  sold. 

A  man  in  charge  of  brakes. 

The  act  of  seizing  or  taking  hold. 

In  an  unconnected  or  distinct  manner. 

One  named  for  another. 

The  condition  of  being  safe. 

Freedom  from  danger. 

The  act  of  breathing,  the  power  to 
stimulate. 

Of  or  pertaining  to  a  province; 
countrified. 

One  who  seeks  a  high  position  or 
object. 

Pertaining    to    finance    or    money 
matters, 
ly  In  a  comparative  relation  or  manner. 


Common  Expressions 

salable  goods  supremely  selfish 

provincial  manner  tiresome  details 

financial  difficulties  defenseless  condition 

reputable  citizen  nineteenth  instant 

comparatively  few  entirely  wrong 


precede,  precedence,  precedent  (noun  and  adjective) 


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Spelhng  Down  List 

immediately 

occurrence 

acquittal 

insurance 

inducement 

embarrass 

forbidding 

combatant 

changeable 

peaceable 

metallic 

admirable 

wholly 

tiresome 

modeled 

kidnaping 

arrangement 

defenseless 

remittance 

paneled 

truly 

stopped 

traveler 

wasteful 

blamable 

namesake 

combated 

salable 

argument 

quizzical 

prohibitory 

seizure 

separately 

harass 

canceled 

canoeing 

capricious 

concurred 

perseverance 

precedence 

judgment 

difference 

narrator 

grievance 

scarcely 

conspiracy 

separator 

colicky 

trafficking 

roguish 

penciled 

noticeable 

duly 

poisonous 

excellent 

provincial 

positively 

statement 

marvelous 

lodgment 

precedent 

libeled 

apparel 

approval 

propeller 

developing 

immensely 

postponement 

^sincerely 

safety 

encouragement 

aspirant 

swimming 

beginning 

awful 

advisable 

nursling 

beveled 

disbursement 

consecutively 

baggage 

mimicked 

until 

unmanageable 

improvement 

rebelled 

conference 

amusement 

forcible 

admitting 

separation 

reputable 

infringement 

conspirator 

financial 

courageous 

guidance 

humbugged 

benefiting 

nineteenth 

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LESSON  21 

Rule  8,  Introduction 

city 

cities 

apply 

appliance 

dairy 

dairies 

rely 

reUant 

apology 

apologies 

marry 

marriage 

enemy 

enemies 

defy 

defiance 

dummy 

dummies 

busy 

business 

treaty 

treaties 

library 

librarian 

buggy 

buggies 

happy 

happiness 

duty 

duties 

thirty 

thirtieth 

pony 

ponies 

comply 

compUance 

supply 

supplies 

merry 

merrily 

mercy 

mercies 

mystery 

mysterious 

agency 

agencies 

penny 

penniless 

memory 

memories 

bury 

burial 

injury 

injuries 

cleanly 

cleanliness 

try 

tries 

beauty 

beautiful 

hurry 

hurries 

weary 

weariness 

glorify 

glorifies 

fancy 

fanciful 

ratify 

ratifies 

injury 

injurious 

magnify 

magnifies 

plenty 

plentiful 

satisfy 

satisfies 

carry 

carriage 

gratify 

gratifies 

glory 

glorious 

deny 

denies 

noisy 

noisily 

testify 

testifies 

ninety 

ninetieth 

Note. 

Two  very  imt 

)ortant  applications  of  this  rule  are  to 

spelling  of  plurals  of  nouns  ending  in  y  (see  first  fourteen  words, 
left-hand  column)  and  the  third  person  singular,  present  tense  of 
verbs.     (See  last  nine  words,  left-hand  column). 


Common  Expressions 


cleanliness  of  person 
thirtieth  of  the  month 
ratify  the  treaties 
in  compliance  with  the  law 
buy  your  supplies 
satisfies  the  demand 


in  defiance  of  the  law 
injurious  to  health 
penniless  condition 
magnifies  the  danger 
apologies  for  the  delay 
serious  injuries 


auxiliary  (es)        anxiety  (es)         sympathy 


whisky  (es) 


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necessity 

tjrranny 

symphony 
diary 

depository 
territory 

history 


ne  ^Sss'i  ty 

t  j^r'an  ny 

sym'pho  ny 
di'a  ry 

de  p6§'i  to  ry 
tgr'ri  to  ry 

his'to  ry 


century 
impurity 

gSn'tu  ry 
im  pu'ri  ty 

quantity 

quan'ti  ty 

quality 

qual'i  ty 

liability 

li'a  bin  ty 

disability 

dfe'a  bin  ty 

novelty 

nOv'el  ty 

iniquity 
foundry 
forgery 

in  Iq'ui  ty 
foun'dry 
for' (or  for)  g( 

university 

u'ni  ver'si  ty 

industry 

In'dus  try 

victory 

^c'to  ry 

jealousy 

jgarous  y 

controversy  (es)  discrepancy 

LESSON  22 

Rule  8,  Introduction 

Spell  the  Plurals 

That  which  is  not  to  be  avoided; 

pressing  need. 
Illegal  exercise  of  power;  cruel 

government. 
Harmony  of  sounds. 

A    personal    daily    record     of 

events. 
A  place  for  safe-keeping. 
A  large  tract  of  land;   region 

under  the  jurisdiction  of  a 

government;  region  not  yet 

organized  as  a  state. 
Narrative  of  events  in  the  life 

of  a  nation  or  of  persons. 
One  hundred  years. 
Quality  of  being  not  pure  or  not 

clean. 
Amount    of    a    portion;    large 

amount. 
Character;    nature;    excellence 

of  character. 
State   of   being   liable;   in   the 

plural,  one's  debts. 
State  of  being  unable;  absence 

of  power  or  fitness. 
State  of  being  new;  something 

new  or  fresh. 
Wickedness. 

Place  where  metals  are  cast. 
The  false  making  or  altering  of 

a  writing. 
A  collection  of  colleges  under 

one  head. 
Steady  attention  to  work;  any 

branch  of  business. 
Conquest;  the  overcoming  of  an 

enemy  or  obstacle. 
Suspicion  of  another's  fidelity; 

fear  of  rivalry. 


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Rule  8,  Introduction 
Spell  the  Plurals 

tendency         tgn'den  97  Direction  toward  any  result. 

vacancy  va'can  gy  An  unoccupied  space;   an  unfilled 

office  or  position. 

artery  ar'te  ry  A  blood  vessel  carrying  pure  blood. 

emergency      e  mer'gen  gy      A  circumstance  calling  for  immediate 

action. 

calamity  ca  l^m'i  ty         Deep  distress  or  evil. 

celebrity  ge  iSb'ri  ty         Fame,  renown;  a  celebrated  person. 

personality     per'son  al'i  ty    Individuality;  in  the  plural  often  used 

to  mean  disparaging  remarks  con- 
cerning the  person  or  conduct  of 
another. 

necessary        ngg'es  sa  ry        Something  needed. 

biography       bi  5g'ra  phy       The  written  history  of  a  person^s  life. 

courtesy  coiir'te  sy  An  act  of  politeness. 

preliminary    pre  lim'i  na  ry  That  which  precedes  the  main  thing. 

theory  the'o  ry  The  general  principles  underlying  a 

subject  or  group  of  facts. 

granary  grSn'a  ry  A  storehouse  for  grain. 

cemetery         ggm'e  ter  y         Place  of  biu-ial. 

opportunity    6p'por  tu'ni  ty  A  suitable  or  favorable  time  or  chance. 

perjury  per'ju  ry  A  swearing  to  what  is  false. 

anniversary    an'ni  ver'sa  ry  The  annual  return  of  a  day. 

equality  e  qual'i  ty  The  state  of  being  like  in  value, 

quality,  or  position. 

commodity     com  m5d'i  ty     In  commerce,  that  which  is  bought 

and  sold. 

study  sttid'y  Branch  of  learning;  act  of  learning. 

hostility  hos  til'i  ty  Enmity;  unfriendliness. 

Common  Expressions 
widespread  calamity  petty  tyrannies 

guilty  of  perjury  excellent  quality 

salable  commodities  to  fill  the  vacancies 

necessaries  of  life  attend  to  the  preliminaries 

indulgence  in  personalities 


deficiency  (es)      strategy  (es)      comedy  (es)      tragedy  (es) 


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LESSON  24 

Rule  8,  Introduction 

Some  Exceptions 

shyness 
shyly 

shy'ness 
shy'ly 

The  state  or  quality  of  being 

shy  or  timid. 
In  a  shy  or  timid  manner. 

slyest 

sly'est 

Most  sly  or  crafty. 

slyly 

sly'ly 

In  a  sly  or  crafty  manner. 

dryly 
secretaryship 

dry'ly 

s6c're  ta  ry  ship' 

In    a    dry    manner;    not    in- 
terestingly. 
The  office  of  secretary. 

citylike 

0t'y  like' 

Like  the  city. 

spryer 

spry'er 

More  spry. 

dryness 

dry'ness 

Quality  or  state  of  being  dry. 

countrylike 

cotin'try  like' 

Like  the  country. 

dairying 

dai'ry  ing 

The  business  of  carrying  on  a 

dairy. 
Trusting  in  or  depending  on. 

relying 

re  ly'ing 

carrying 
pitying 

c^r'ry  ing 
pKt'y  ing 

Transferring  from  one  place  to 
another;  holding  or  bearing. 
Feeling  sympathy  for. 

applying 
denying 
implying 

ap  ply'ing 
de  ny'ing 
im  ply'ing 

Putting  to  use;  asking  for; 
attending  closely  to. 

Declaring  to  be  untrue;  re- 
fusing to  grant. 

Involving  by  inference ;  meaning. 

drying 

dry'ing 

Causing  to  be  free  from  moisture. 

varying 

va'ry  ing 

Changing;  differing;  disagreeing. 

flying 

fly'ing 

Moving  by  means  of  wings  or  as 

complying 

com  ply'ing 

if  with  wings. 
Agreeing;  adapting  one's  self. 

Note.  As  can  be  seen  from  the  last  ten  words,  the  most  impor- 
tant exception  to  Rule  8  is  in  adding'tngr  to  verbs.  The  y  is  retained  to 
prevent  the  doubling  of  the  i. 

Common  Expressions 

complying  with  your  request  carrying  into  effect 

relying  upon  your  statement  varying  the  custom 

testify  (ing)  glorify  (ing)  ratify  (ing)         mortify  (ing) 


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Review 

apologies 

quantities 

cleanliness 

foundry 

noisily 

pitying 

mortifying 

anxieties 

injuries 

novelties 

territory 

defiance 

tyrannies 

thirtieth 

controversy 

testifies 

secretaryship 

1      carrying 

universities 

dryly 

granaries 

preliminaries 

dairying 

mysterious 

librarian 

business 

weariness 

discrepancies 

defying 

qualities 
dairies 

sympathies 

memories 

depositories 

burial 

varying 

reliant 

marriage 

ratifying 

gratifies 

necessities 

varying 

penniless 

calamities 

centuries 

liabilities 

commodities 

injurious 

shyness 

implying 

LESSON  26 

Rule  9 

,  Introduction 

surveying 

sur  vg?/'ing 

swayed 

swayed 

obeying 

0  bejf'ing 

surveyor 

sur  vgi/'or 

enjoyment 

en  joy'ment 

repaying 

re  pai/'ing 

joyous 

joy'ous 

drayage 

dra^/'age 

boyish 

bo/ish 

prepaying 

pre  pa2/'ing 

prayer 

prd2/er 

buyer 

bwy'er 

buoyant 

bt^oy'ant 

delayed 

de  la2/ed' 

clayey 

cla?/'ey 

a.nnoyance 

an  noy'an5e 

destroyer 

de  stroy'er 

betrayal 

be  tra?/'al 

payment 

pai/'ment 

enjoyable 

en  joy'a  ble 

conveyance 

con  vey'ange 

denying 

de  ny'ing 

Some  exceptions  to  Rule  9 

are:    daily;  paid; 

slain. 

Common  Expressions 

clayey  soil  safe  conveyance 

payment  in  full  of  account  buyer  in  open  market 

annoyance  at  the  delay  delayed  by  storms 

buoyant  in  spirit  betrayal  of  trust 

destroyer  of  property  prepaying  the  express 


laid 


saith 


prepaid 


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LESSON  27 
Plural  and  Verb  Forms  under  Rule  9,  Introduction 
Saturdays     The  clerk  has  all  his  Saturdays  free  during  July. 
surreys  The  firm  shipped  several  surreys  to  the  dealer. 

chimneys       In  order  to  furnish  good  draft,  chimneys  should  be  well 

cleaned. 
moneys  The  moneys  of  the  United  States  include  paper,  gold, 

and  silver  currency. 
buoys  The  life  buoys  were  thrown  out  to  the  drowning  men. 

attorneys       The  attorneys  on  both  sides  were  able  lawyers. 

valleys  The  climate  in  the  valleys  was  milder  than  that  on 

the  heights. 
essays  The  students  wrote  essays  on  various  subjects. 

pulleys  Three  pulleys  and  fifty  feet  of  rope  were  used  to  lift 

the  heavy  weight. 
journeys        In  our  journeys  to  foreign  lands  we  saw  many  strange 

sights. 
relays  It  took  several  relays  of  horses  to  make  the  long 

journey. 
galleys  The  printer  sent  four  galleys  of  proof  to  be  read. 

destroys         He  destroys  all  the  poor  copies  that  he  makes. 

delays  The  delays  caused  by  the  storm  annoyed  him. 

prepays  If  he  prepays  the  express,  he  gets  a  lower  rate. 

displays  He  displays  much  taste  in  the  arrangement  of  his 

stock. 
surveys  As  he  surveys  the  wreck,  he  seeks  the  cause. 

obeys  Whoever  obeys  well  may  command  well. 

repays  The  result  repays  all  his  care  and  anxiety. 

annoys  Even  this  slight  error  annoys  me. 

conveys  This  letter  conveys  my  sincere  thanks. 


delays  are  dangerous 
repays  his  kindness 
perilous  journeys 
smoking  chimneys 


Common  Expressions 


written  essays 
window  displays 
surveys  the  scene 
annoys  him  greatly 


corduroys 


alloys 


decoys 


volleys 


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LESSON  28 

Plurals 

The  written  lesson  consists  of  the  plurals  coming  under  Rule  10 
and  the  plurals  of  the  seven  words  at  the  bottom  of  the  page. 

Rule  10,  Rules  for  Spelling.     Plurals  Formed  Regularly 

SINGULAR  PLURAL  SINGULAR  PLURAL 


knife 

knives 

scarf 

scarfs 

wolf 

wolves 

handkerchief 

handkerchiefs 

beef 

beeves 

hoof 

hoofs 

half 

halves 

turf 

turfs 

wife 

wives 

reef 

reefs 

sheaf 

sheaves 

chief 

chiefs 

elf 

elves 

belief 

beUefs 

loaf 

loaves 

bluffs 

bluffs 

shelf 

shelves 

tariff 

tariffs 

^staff 

staves 

mastiff 

mastiffs 

thief 

thieves 

sheriff 

sheriffs 

wharf 

wharves 

plaintiff 

plaintiffs 

calf 

calves 

grief 

griefs 

leaf 

leaves 

pontiff 

pontiffs 

self 

selves 

clef 

clefs 

itself 

themselves 

skiff 

skiffs 

yourself 

yourselves 

chef 

chefs 

myself 

ourselves 

bailiff 

bailiffs 

*This  word  has  two  plurals, 

staves  and  staffs 

.     Look  up  the 

difference  in  their  meaning. 

HS,i>d'ker  ch!ef.    Note  that  the  e  in  the  last  syllable  is  silent. 
Ch6f,  a  word  from  the  French  meaning  a  skilled  cook. 


Common  Expressions 


reduction  in  the  tariff 
chief  concern 
met  with  many  rebuffs 
aground  on  the  reef 
the  plaintiffs  in  the  case 


goods  on  the  shelves 
do  things  by  halves 
gathering  in  the  sheaves 
honor  among  thieves 
loaves  and  fishes 


Look  up  the  plurals  of: 
brief,  whiff. 


muff,  life,  foodstuff,  rebuff,  fife, 


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cameo 

curio 
folio 
embryo 

banjo 

piano 

zero 

merino 

Eskimo 

alto 

solo 

chromo 


LESSON  29 
Rule  11,  Introduction 


cameos  ratio  ratios 

curios  trio  trios 

folios  portfolio  portfolios 

embryos  6m'bry  o§,     organisms    in     the 

early  stages  of  development. 

Plurals  of  Other  Words  Ending  in  o 

banjos  echo  echoes 

pianos  potato  potatoes 

zeros  buffalo  buffaloes 


merinos 

Eskimos 

altos 

solos 

chromos 


motto 

mulatto 

negro 

cargo 

calico 


mosquito  mosquitoes 

tomato  tomatoes 

memento  mementos 

mementoes 
lasso 

octavo 

dynamo 

desperado 

embargo 


mottoes 
mulattoes 
negroes 
cargoes 
calicoes  or 
calicos 


octavos 

dynamos 

desperadoes 

desperados 

embargoes 


That  which  recalls  to  memory. 

A  rope  with  a  running  noose,  used 
for  catching  horses,  cattle,  etc. 

A  size  of  book  resulting  from  folding 
each  sheet  into  eight  leaves. 

A  machine  for  converting  mechanical 
energy  into  electrical  energy. 

A  reckless  criminal. 


An  order  closing  a  seaport  to  entry  or 
departure  of  ships. 
archipelago       archipelagoes    Any    sheet    of    water   with    many 

archipelagos         islands. 
innuendo  innuendoes       An  allusion  to  a  thing  or  person  not 

named,  usually  in  a  bad  sense. 
Note.    The  plurals  of  these  words  constitute  the  written  lesson. 
Any  twenty-five  of  them  may  be  used  for  one  exercise. 

The  t  in  ratio  has  the  sound  of  sh.    The  i  in  merino  has  the  sound 
of  e.     The  ch  in  archipelago  has  the  sound  of  k. 


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chimneys 

pianos 

handkerchiefs 

pulleys 

buoys 

archipelagoes 

corduroys 

dynamos 

centuries 

portfolios 

anxieties 

solos 

prepays 


LESSON  30 
Review 


drayage 

essays 

plaintiffs 

destroyer 

yourselves 

cargoes 

betrayal 

decoys 

trios 

journeys 

surveyor 

scarfs 

prepaid 


annoyance 

disabilities 

displays 

tariffs 

buoyant 

beliefs 

itself 

zeros 

enjoyable 

attorneys 

clayey 


sympathies 

mosquitoes 

chromos 

daily 

cameos 

innuendoes 

destroys 

conveyance 

moneys 

sheriffs 

altos 

griefs 


LESSON  31 


ex-mayor 

stiff-necked 

nine-tenths 

full-fledged 

cross-purposes 


Compound  Words,  see  Introduction 

three-fourths 

forty-nine 

cross-examine 


twenty- eight 

two-thirds 

flrst-class 

ill-gotten 

good-looking 


light-complexioned  ill-omened 
dull-eyed  far-fetched 

well-bred  well-known 


five-ninths 

tongue-tied 

eighty-eight 

ten-millionth 

good-natured 


The  hyphen  and  one  or  more  of  the  letters  composing  the 
compound  are  now  omitted  from  some  words  formerly  hyphenated. 
These  words  are  important  and  should  be  emphasized  in  a  separate 


almighty 

although 

welcome 

restful 

almost 

altogether 

welfare 

chilblain 

alone 

always 

Christmas 

dumfounded 

already 

withal 

Candlemas 

numskull 

also 

wherewithal 

wherever 

fulfill 

All  right  should  always  be  written  as  two  words. 


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Derivatives,  see  Introduction 


postscript 

misspell 

incorrect 

postpone 

precede 

inclusion 

prefix 

mistake 

unlawful 

illegal 


postscript 
mis'spgir 
in 'cor  rSct' 
post  pone' 
pre  gede' 
in  clu'gion 
pre'fix 
mis  take' 
un  lai^'ful 
iZ  le'gal 


(Something)  written  after. 

To  spell  wrongly. 

Not  correct. 

To  put  or  place  after. 

To  go  before. 

The  act  of  shutting  in. 


(Something)     fixed    or 

before. 
To  take  wrongly. 

Not  lawful. 

Not  legal. 


misunderstood  mis'un  der  stood'  Understood  wrongly. 


prefer  pre  f er' 

missent  mis  s6nt' 

irregular  ir  rgg'u  lar 

unnecessary  un  n^g'es  sa  ry 

preclude  pre  elude' 

impossible  im  p6s'si  ble 

induce  in  duge' 

misconceive  mis'con  gewe' 

induction  in  duc'tion 

Note.  The  above  definitions  are  hteral,  as  taken  from  the 
exact  meanings  of  the  roots,  prefixes,  and  suffixes  used.  Many 
derivatives,  however,  have  acquired  a  significance  that  requires  a 
less  literal  definition.  Thus,  postpone  means  to  place  later;  mistake 
means  to  take  or  have  in  mind  wrongly;  prefer  means  to  set  before  or 
above  (something  else)  in  liking;  preclude  means  to  shut  out  or 
prevent;  indiLce  means  to  lead  on  or  persuade;  induction^  a  process  of 
reasoning  from  particular  to  general  truths;  preference j  the  setting  of 
one  thing  before  another  in  liking. 


To  bear  or  carry  before. 

Sent  wrongly. 

Not  regular. 

Not  necessary. 

To  shut  before. 

Not  possible. 

To  lead  in. 

To  conceive  wrongly. 

Act  of  leading  in. 


placed 


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LESSON  33 

Derivatives 
Define  these  words  by  root,  prefix,  and  suffix;  then  note  the 
less  literal  meaning,  if  any. 


graduate 

grad'u  ate 

To  mark  with  degrees;  to  admit 
to  a  certain  grade  or  degree. 

resistance 

re  sfet'ange 

A  force  tending  to  prevent 
motion. 

lovable 

lov'a  ble 

Having    qualities    that    inspire 

love. 
In  a  respectful  manner. 

respectfully 

re  spSct'ful  Zy 

armory 

arm'o  ry 

A  drill  hall  for  military  com- 

circumference 

gir  cum'fer  enqe 

pd,lllcc». 

The  line  that  encloses  a  circle. 

contradict 

cSn'tra  diet' 

To  deny  the  truth  of. 

respectable 

re  spgct'a  ble 

Of  good  social  standing. 

biweekly 

bfweek'ly 

Occurring  twice  a  week. 

abstract 

ab'stract 

A  summary  of  a  book  or 
statement;  ^'in  the  abstract" 
means  apart  from  actual 
conditions. 

monoplane 

mSn'o  plane 

A  flying  machine  with  one 
plane. 

nonconductor 

n6n'con  diic'tor 

A  substance  that  does  not 
easily  conduct  heat,  sound, 
and  the  like. 

gladden 

glM^den 

To  make  glad;  to  rejoice. 

foresee 

fore  see' 

To  see  beforehand. 

financial 

fi  nan'cial 

Pertaining  to  money  matters. 

unnatural 

un  nat'u  ral 

Contrary  to  the  order  of  nature. 

debtor 

d66t'or 

One  who  owes  another. 

usable 

us'a  ble 

That  can  be  used. 

agile 

ag'ile 

Quick  to  act;  nimble. 

independent 

In'de  pgnd'ent 

Free;  not  subject  to  others' 
control. 

assailant 

as  sail'ant 

One  who  attacks  another. 

Common  Expressions 
of  respectable  family  biweekly  journal 

in  usable  quantities  struck  his  assailant 

lovable  qualities  debtor  to  the  amount  of 

independent  means  on  financial  questions 

foresee  financial  trouble  contradict  the  statement 


perimeter        polygon        interrupt        respectively 


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LESSON  34 

Derivatives 

Define  by  Derivation 

Extended  Meaning 

lengthen 

iSng'then 

To  extend  in.  length  or  duration. 

extraordinary 

ex  traor'di  na  ry 

Beyond  ordinary  or  more  than 
common. 

misrule 

mfe'rule 

Failure  to  govern  wisely;  abuse 
of  power. 

asleep 

a  sleep' 

In  a  state  of  sleep. 

unlikely 

un  like'ly 

Not  to  be  expected;  likely  to 

fail.    • 
Producing  an  effect;  serviceable. 

effective 

e/  f  Sc'tive 

unsalable 

un  sal'a  ble 

Not  selling  readily. 

correction 

cor  rSc'tion 

Punishment  or  reproof  for  faults. 

enliven 

en  liv'en 

To  make  gay  or  cheerful. 

disloyal 

dis  loy'al 

Not  loyal;  without  fidelity. 

detract 

de  tract' 

To  take  credit  from. 

promotion 

pro  mo'tion 

Act  of  encouraging. 

impel 

im  p6l' 

To  impart  motion  or  impulse  to. 

a,nnually 

an'nu  aZ  ly 

Occurring  every  year  or  once  a 

intercede 

In'ter  gede' 

year. 
To  plead  in  behalf  of  another. 

interjection 

In'ter  jgc'tion 

A    word    without    grammatical 
relation  to  the  rest  of  the 
sentence. 

bindery 

bind'er  y 

A  place  where  books  are  bound. 

legalize 

le'gal  ize 

To  give  legal  sanction  to. 

intermission 

in'ter  mls'sion 

A    stopping    for     a    time;    an 
interval. 

inseparable 

in  sgp'a  ra  ble 

That  can  not  be  separated. 

gradually 

grad'u  aZ  ly 

By  degrees. 

Common  Expressions 

promotion 

of  our  interests 

asleep  at  his  post 

inseparable 

1  friends 

effective  means 

gradually  lower  the  tariff 

extraordinary  likeness 

disloyal  in 

spirit 

lengthen  life 

unsalable  goods 

subject  of  comment 

unlikely  to 

occur 

impel  to  action 

short  intermission 

intercede  for  him 

forecaster 


brazen        subtraction        minimize 


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unnatural 

effective 

inseparable 

intercede 

unsalable 

contradict 

enliven 

financial 

extraordinary 

well-bred 

legalize 

gladden 

dumfounded 


LESSON  35 
Review 
debtor 
full-fledged 
always 
irregular 
impossible 
chilblain 
assailant 
unnecessary 
far-fetched 
graduate 
annually 
altogether 


unlikely 

monoplane 

postscript 

misspell 

lengthen 

resistance 

usable 

interrupt 

brazen 

circumference 

welfare 

gradually 

perimeter 

LESSON  36 
Define  by  Derivation 
in  clu'sive 
ex  clu'sive 


numskull 

almost 

respectfully 

three-fourths 

independent 

already 

correction 

foresee 

eighty-eight 

polygon 

cross-examine 


(l)inclusive 

(l)exclusive 

(2)preventive  pre  v6n'tive 

misconstruction  mis'con  strtic'tion 

permission  per  mis'sion 

allowance  slI  low'ange 

(l)unruly  un  ru'ly 

aboard  a  board' 

antedate  an'te  date' 

whiten  whit'en 

legislator  Igg'is  la'tor 

Christian  cWs'tian  (chan) 

progressive  pro  grgs'sivc 

monologue  m5n'o  logue 

consistent  con  sis' tent 

successor  sue  ges'sor 

predecessor  pr6d'  e  ggs'sor 

cordially  cdr'dial  (jal)  ly 

relation  re  la'tion 

talkative  taZk'a  tive 

spacious  spa'cious 
(l)Note  the  sound  of  u. 
(2) Be  careful  to  give  only  three  syllables. 

Common  Expressions 

successors  to 


cordially  yours 
monthly  allowance 
ounce  of  preventive 


spacious  apartments 
predecessor  in  office 


dialogue         biplane         proposition         preposition 


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LESSON  37 
Derivatives 


Define  by  Derivation 
customary  cus'tom  a  ry 

purchaser  ptir'chas  er 

circular  gir'cu  lar 


available 

director 

successive 

religious 

narrator 

indigestible 
obtainable 


a  vedVsL  ble 

dl  rgc'tor 

sue  q^s'sive 
re  lig'ious 
nar  ra'tor 

in'di  gSs'ti  ble 
ob  tam'a  ble 


recommendation  rgc'om  men  da'tion 

adjective  Myec  tive 

descendant  de  sc^n'dant 

pronunciation       pro  ntin'ci  a'tion 
consistency  con  sis' ten  gy 


musician 
defendant 

assistance 
antecedent 

abhorrence 

reliance 


mu  si'cian 
de  fgn'dant 

as  sis'tange 
an'te  ged'ent 

ab  hSr'renge 

re  irange 


Extended  Meaning 
In  accordance  with  custom. 
One  who  purchases. 
Intended  for  circulation;  a 

letter  or  paper  sent  or 

given  to  various  persons. 
Ready  to  answer  a  certain 

purpose;  usable. 
One  of  the  body  of  persons 

who  manage  a  company. 
Following  in  order. 
Set  apart  to  religion. 
One  who  narrates  or  tells  a 

story  or  event. 
Not  easy  of  digestion. 
That  may  be  obtained. 
That   which  may   procure 

favor. 
A  word  used  to  qualify  the 

meaning  of  a  noun. 
An  offspring. 

Act  of  pronouncing. 

Degree  of  firmness  or  solid- 
ity; harmony  of  parts; 
harmony  between  belief 
and  action. 

One  skilled  in  music. 

One  against  whom  action  is 

brought  in  court. 
Act  of  assisting;  help. 

A  noun  or  noun  equivalent; 
referred  to  by  a  pronoun. 

Extreme  hatred  or  detes- 
tation. 

Ground  or  basis  of  trust. 


Common  Expressions 

antecedent  proposition  meeting  of  the  directors 

recommendation  for  mercy    in  his  customary  manner 


audible 


nullify 


opponent 


victimize 


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4a 


Define  by 
frequency 
forbearance 
confession 

repentance 

expulsion 

endurance 

fascination 

concession 

fugitive 

professor 

pleasurable 
*peddler 

piteous 

introduce 

empower 

visitor 

unbearable 

vicious 

precaution 

avaricious 

factory 


LESSON  38 

Derivatives 

Derivation 

fre'quen  gy 

for  bedr'ange 

con  f  gs'sion 


re  pgn'tange 
ex  piU'sion 
en  dur'ange 
fas'ci  na'tion 
con  ges'sion 
fu'gi  tive 

pro  f^s'sor 


pl6a§'ur  a  ble 
p6d'c?ler 

pit'e  ous 
In'tro  duge' 
em  pow'er 
vis'i  tor 
un  bear'a  ble 
vfcious 

pre  caw'tion 
av'a  rl'cious 
fac'to  ry 


Extended  Meaning 
Common  occurrence. 
The  exercise  of  patience. 

Profession      of      one's      faith; 

acknowledgment     of     one's 

sins. 
Sorrow  for  wrong  doing. 
Act  of  driving  out. 
Power  to  bear  pain;  patience. 
The  power  of  charming. 
A  grant;  the  thing  yielded. 
Fleeting;  not  durable;  one  who 

has  no  settled  home. 
One  having  the  authorized  title 

to    teach    any    branch    of 

learning. 
Capable  of  giving  pleasure. 

One  who  travels  about  selling 
and  dehvering  goods. 

Calculated  to  awaken  pity. 

To  cause  to  become  acquainted. 

To  give  authority  to. 

One  who  makes  a  visit. 

Not  to  be  borne. 

Given  to  vice;  impure;  given 
to  bad  tricks. 

Caution  taken  beforehand. 

Greedy  of  gain. 

A  manufacturing  plant. 


*This  word  has  another  spelling,  pedlar. 

Common  Expressions 

unbearable  conditions  frequency  of  his  visits 

factory  inspection  introduce  the  subject 

flamentable    fmisconstrue  superscription    illegible 

fNotice  the  accent  in  these  words. 


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LESSON  39 
Derivatives 


Define  by  Derivation 
civilize  yiv'il  ize 


defiance 

hosiery 

conductor 


de  fi'ange 
ho'sier  (zher)  y 
con  dtic'tor 


promissory       pr5m'is  so  ry 
conducive         con  du'give 
righteous  rlght'eous  (chus) 

indefensible     In'de  fgn'si  ble 
representative  rgp're  §6n'ta  tivfj 
indestructible  in'de  strtict'i  ble 
renewal  re  new'al 


organize 
*treasurer 


or'gan  ize 
trSas'ur  er 


remarkable      re  mark'a  ble 


naturalize 
surveyor 

different 

authorize 

management 


nat'u  ral  ize 
sur  vey'or 

dr/er  ent 
ai^'thor  ize 
mS.n'age  ment 


scandalous       scan'dal  ous 

monotonous     mo  n5t'o  nous 
*Be  careful  to  pronounce  all  the 


Extended  Meaning 
To    cause    to    come    out    of   a 

savage  state. 
A  state  of  opposition. 

Stockings. 

Leader  of  an  orchestra  or 
chorus;  one  in  charge  of  a 
bus,  train,  or  street  car. 

Containing  a  promise. 

Helpful;  tending  to  promote. 

Free  from  wrong;  godly. 

That  can  not  be  defended. 

Acting  as  the  agent  of  another. 

That  cannot  be  destroyed. 

Act  of  making  new  or  beginning 
afresh. 

To  get  into  working  order. 

One  in  charge  of  the  money  of 
others. 

Exciting  wonder;  out  of  the 
ordinary. 

To  make  an  alien  a  citizen. 

One  who  measures  land  surfaces 
to  fix  boundaries. 

Partially  or  totally  unlike. 

To  give  authority  to. 

The  body  of  managers  of  a 
business;  control. 

Giving  offense  to  the  moral 
feelings  of  others;  disgrace- 
ful. 

Lacking  variety. 

syllables. 


Common  Expressions 

authorize  you  to  act  organize  a  stock  company 

indestructible  material  remarkable  career 

under  the  management  of  representative  in  your  city 

a  promissory  note  renewal  of  the  lease 


abbreviate 


illiterate 


ignorant 


pedestal 


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Spelling  Down  List 


unbearable 

monoplane 

professor 

extraordinary 

frequency 

unavoidable 

naturalize 

unnecessary 

antedate 

interrupt 

descendant 

noisily 

merrily 

piteous 

circular 

mottoes 

liabilities 

representative 

equalize 

auxiliaries 

carrying 

destroyer 

lengthen 

assailant 

prepaid 

civilize 

legislator 

illegible 

business 

monotonous 

already 

altogether 

complying 

compliance 

recommendation  dialogue 

librarian 

delayed 

indestructible 

narrator 

anxieties 

prepays 

fugitive 

pronunciation 

clayey 

injuries 

repentance 

customary 

perimeter 

decoys 

unsalable 

obtainable 

destroys 

wharves 

foresee 

consistency 

moneys 

folios 

intercede 

abhorrence 

zeros 

irregular 

securities 

lamentable 

cross-purposes 

attorneys 

allowance 

vicious 

welfare 

varying 

cordially 

indigestible 

dynamos 

inseparable 

handkerchiefs 

available 

dairies 

fascination 

dumfounded 

numskull 

alloys 

apologies 

treasurer 

antecedent 

almost 

well-bred 

quantities 

commotion 

preparatory 

disabilities 

thieves 

indefensible 

creditor 

journeys 

portfolios 

predecessor 

financial 

buoyant 

preventive 

permission 

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Words  of  Similar  Sound 

altar  For  the  Sunday  service,  flowers  were  placed  on  the 

altar. 
alter  He  asked  them  to  alter  the  date  of  the  meeting  so  that 

he  could  attend. 

auger  To  bore  a  large  hole  we  should  have  to  get  another 

auger. 
augur  The  many  accidents   on  railroads  augur  ill  for   the 

safety  of  travelers. 

aught  For  aught  we  know  he  may  be  there  even  now. 

ought  If  we  did  all  the  things  w^e  ought,  the  world  would  be 

better. 

bail  The  judge  fixed  the  prisoner's  hail  at  $1000. 

bale  A  hale  of  cotton  weighs  about  480  pounds. 

bare  His  arms  were  hare  to  the  shoulder. 

bear  *^Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens." 

The  dancing  of  the  hear  delighted  the  children. 

base  It  is  best  not  to  suspect  others  of  hase  motives. 

Trees  grow  at  the  hase  of  mountains. 
bass  He  has  one  of  the  finest  hass  voices  in  the  country. 

beach  Many  children  enjoyed  playing  in  the  sand  on  the 

heach. 
beech  The  trunk  of  the  heech  tree  is  marked  by  silvery  spots. 

beat  It  is  better  to  lose  a  game  than  to  heat  by  unfair  means. 

beet  Many  factories  have  been  built  to  make  sugar  from  heets. 

berth  The  lower  herth  on  a  sleeping  car  is  preferred  by  most 

people. 
He  has  a  good  herth  with  the  new  company. 
birth  The  ringing  of  many  bells  announced  the  hirth  of  the 

new  year. 

brake  The  accident  was  due  to  the  slipping  of  the  hrake. 

Many  ferns  and  tall  hrakes  grew  in  the  depths  of  the 
forest. 
break  '*It  is  better  to  bend  than  to  break.'' 


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bridal 
bridle 


LESSON  42 

Words  of  Similar  Sound 

The  bridal  party  took  the  8:40  train  for  the  East. 
If  you  do  not  bridle  your  temper,  it  will  rule  you. 
He  slipped  the  bridle  over  the  horse's  head. 


calendar      According  to  the  calendar,  July  4  comes  on  Thursday 

this  year. 
calender      To  give  paper  a  high  finish,  it  is  put  through  the  plate 

calender,  that  is,  squeezed  between  copper  or  zinc 

rollers. 

canvas  Artists   use   a   specially  prepared  canvas  when  they 

paint  with  oils. 
canvass         At  the  second  canvass  of  the  votes,  an  error  in  counting 

was  found. 

capital  Washington  is  the  capital  of  the  United  States. 

capitol  The  President  has  an  office  in  the  capital  bidlding. 

carat  The  gold  in  the  ring  tested  fourteen  carats  fine. 

carrot  The  carrot  is  a  valuable  food  both  for  man  and  beast. 

cent  He  left  without  paying  one  cent  of  his  dues. 

scent  The  scent  of  the  roses  filled  the  room  with  fragrance. 

sent  He  sent  the  office  boy  to  do  the  errand. 

cite  The  lawyer  then  began  to  cite  cases  in  support  of  his 

argument. 
sight  The  sight  of  blood  always  made  him  faint. 

site  That  building  site  is  valued  at  $14,000. 


coarse  It  is  better  to  use  a  coarse  thread  in  weaving. 

course  He  followed  the  course  he  had  marked  out  for  himself. 

The  course  of  study  needed  many  changes. 

core  The  fruit  was  not  sound  at  the  core. 

The  core  of  the  whole  matter  lies  in  this  statement. 
corps  He  had  a  most  able  corps  of  helpers. 

The  Woman's  Relief  Corps  is  an  adjunct  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic. 


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Words  of  Similar  Sound 

council         The  city  council  voted  to  submit  the  question  at  the 
spring  election. 
He  took  council  of  his  fears  rather  than  of  his  hopes. 
counsel         The  counsel  for  the  defense  made  a  strong  plea. 

currant        There   are   three   common   varieties   of  currant — red, 

black,  and  white. 
current        The  swift  current  made  his  progress  up  stream  very 

slow. 

die  The  coward  dies  many  times  before  his  death. 

dye  It  is  difficult  to  get  dyes  that  will  hold  in  washing. 

dual  In  all  persons  there  is  a  dual  nature,  the  good  and  the 

bad. 
duel  Alexander  Hamilton  was  shot  in  a  duel  with  Aaron 

Burr. 

exercise        Exercise  strengthens  the  body. 

exorcise        To  exorcise  a  spirit  of  envy  often  requires  a  hard 
struggle. 

faint  The  air  was  so  close  that  it  caused  many  women  to 

faint. 
feint  The  feint  which  he  made  put  his  opponent  off  his 

guard. 

forth  He  put  forth  a  strong  effort  and  reached  the  goal. 

fourth  The  event  occurred  on  the  fourth  of  March. 

foul  The  air  in  the  crowded  room  soon  became  foul. 

He  obtained  the  money  by  foul  means. 
fowl  Hens,  geese,  and  turkeys  are  domestic  fowls.  ' 

freeze  When  the  ground  is  bare  through  the  winter,  bulbs 

in  the  ground  are  more  apt  to  freeze. 

frieze  The  frieze  on  the  new  library  is  made  up  of  Greek 

figures. 

gamble         To  gamble  is  to  play  games  of  chance  for  money. 

gambol         The  joyous  play  of  the  children  makes  me  think  of 
lambs  gamboling  in  the  meadow. 


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Words  of  Similar  Sound 

grate  They  built  a  coal  fire  in  the  grate. 

The  prisoner  looked  out  through  the  grated  window, 
great  "Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime." 

hoard  Misers  hoard  their  wealth  in  strange  places. 

horde  A  horde  of  office  seekers  sought  the  President. 

idle  The  idle  often  wish  to  reap  the  rewards  of  industry. 

idol  The  brave  fireman  became  the  idol  of  the  hour. 

idyll  (or        The  finest  idyll  in  the  English  tongue  is  Tennyson's 
idyl)  Idylls  of  the  King. 

indict  The  grand  jury  voted  to  indict  the  accused. 

indite  He  began  to  indite  an  angry  letter,  then  changed  his 

mind. 

key  The  key  to  the  whole  situation  lies  in  his  failure  to 

tell  the  truth. 
quay  The  goods  lay  on  the  qvxiy  awaiting  the  arrival  of  the 

steamer. 

kill  It  will  take  only  three  more  votes  to  kill  the  bill. 

kiln  He  ordered  HZn-dried  lumber  for  the  building. 

knave  A  man  may  have  the  heart  of  a  knave  and  yet  have  an 

innocent  face. 
nave  They  stopped  to  admire  the  nave  of  the  cathedral. 

lain  The  books  have  lain  there  many  weeks. 

lane  The  boys  walked  down  the  lane  to  the  brook. 


lean  He  had  a  lean  and  hungry  look. 

Good  bacon  has  a  streak  of  fat  and  a  streak  of  lean  meat. 
lien  He  had  a  lien  upon  the  property  to  cover  the  amount 

of  the  debt. 


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LESSON  45 

Review 

The  man  whom  you  saw  gambling  is  a  knave,  for  he  stole  an 
auger  and  a  bridle  from  the  barn,  then  went  to  a  neighboring 
church  and  took  two  silver  vases  from  the  altar.  He  avoided  arrest 
by  jumping  into  a  boat  moored  on  the  beach  and  rowing  to  a  steamer 
lying  at  anchor.  Later  he  was  arrested  and  indicted  by  the  grand 
jury.  Through  the  efforts  of  his  coimsel  he  was  released  on  bail  and 
immediately  boarded  a  steamer  to  go  abroad;  but  failing  to  secure 
a  berth,  he  altered  his  course  and  took  the  next  train  for  the  capital. 
He  mingled  with  the  horde  of  sightseers  who  were  viewing  the 
capitol  and  again  increased  his  hoard  of  ill-gotten  wealth  by  stealing 
a  fourteen-carat  gold  watch  from  a  man  who  was  one  of  a  bridal  party 
viewing  the  sights.  Finding  that  he  did  not  have  a  cent  in  his 
pockets  he  left  the  crowd,  and  went  to  a  second-hand  shop  where  he 
sold  the  watch.  An  hour  later  he  was  arrested,  but  was  released 
on  bail.  When  the  time  of  his  trial  was  near,  he  found  that  his  case 
was  fourth  on  the  court  calendar.  He  returned  for  trial,  although 
h^  had  great  fear  that  he  would  be  convicted  and  sent  to  prison, 

LESSON  46 

Words  of  Similar  Sound 

lessen  It  does  not  lessen  his  guilt  to  claim  that  others  do  the 

same. 
lesson  It  was  hard  for  him  to  learn  the  lesson. 

levee  The  flood  was  caused  by  a  break  in  the  levee. 

The  President's  levee  was  well  attended. 
levy  A  levy  of  one  dollar  tax  was  ordered. 

loan  The  bank  failed  to  secure  the  large  loan. 

lone  One  lone  office  boy  did  all  the  work. 


mantel         The  two  vases  were  placed  on  the  mantel. 

mantle  The  actress  was  dressed  in  a  mantle  of  fur. 

A  mantle  of  snow  covered  the  earth. 
Often  the  blood  will  mantle  in  her  cheek. 

mean  Nothing  is  low  or  mean  in  the  eye  of  its  Creator. 

Between  two  extremes  lies  the  golden  mean. 
mien  His  mien  was  far  from  humble,   though  secretly  he 

trembled. 


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Words  of  Similar  Sound 
medal  For  his  heroic  action  he  was  given  a  gold  medal. 

meddle         If  we  never  meddle  in  our  neighbor's  affairs,  we  shall 

avoid  much  trouble. 
metal  Gold  is  one  of  the  precious  metals. 

mettle  The  superintendent's  remark  put  him  on  his  mettle. 

palate  Because  of  the  trouble  with  his  palate^  he  could  not 

speak  plainly. 
pallet  The  poor  sick  boy  lay  upon  a  rude  pallet. 

palette  The  artist  spread  his  paints  upon  his  palette. 

passed  Many  passed  by  the  office  every  day. 

past  Waste  no  time  in  regret  over  what  is  past. 

peace  All  the  President's  efforts  were  directed  toward  peace, 

piece  A  mere  piece  of  bunting  served  them  for  a  flag. 

peak  The  mountain  peak  was  hid  in  clouds. 

peek  The  children  stole  a  peek  through  the  half-open  door. 

pique  Angered  by  the  remark,  she  left  in  a  pique. 

pedal  The  pedal  of  the  machine  was  out  of  order. 

peddle  He  began  to  peddle  goods  from  place  to  place. 

peer  The  sun  began  to  peer  over  the  high  hill. 

He  was  tried  by  a  jury  of  his  peers. 
pier  The   pier  of  the   bridge  gave   way  under  the  great 

pressure. 
plain  It  is  plain  that  this  is  your  first  attempt. 

Though  plain  in  face,  she  yet  had  beauty. 
The  plain  east  of  the  Rockies  is  the  home  of  millions. 
plane  The  carpenter  used  his  plane  to  smooth  the  board. 

The  surface  of  the  table  is  a  plane. 
plum  The  plum  trees  were  in  full  bloom. 

plumb  The  workman  tested  the  straightness  of  the  wall  with 

a  plumb  line. 
pole  They  hoisted  the  signal  on  a  long  pole. 

One  of  the  poles  of  a  magnet  is  positive;  the  other, 

negative. 
The  needle  of  the  compass  points  toward  the  north 
pole. 
poll  The  woman  went  to  the  polls  to  vote. 

The  poll  tax  was  one  dollar  for  each  male  citizen. 


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LESSON  48 
Words  of  Similar  Sound 

principal      The  principal  of  the  school  was  hired  for  one  year.. 

He  invested  the  principal  at  a  low  rate  of  interest. 

The  principals  in  the  affair  were  men  of  standing. 

The  principal  cause  of  the  accident  was  a  misunder- 
standing of  orders. 
principle      He  is  a  man  of  sound  business  principles. 

''A  good  principle  not  rightly  understood  may  prove 
as  hurtful  as  a  bad  one." 

This  theory  is   based   upon  the   principle   that  heat 
expands  air. 

profit  He  made  a  profit  of  one  hundred  dollars  from  the  sale. 

prophet        "A   prophet  is   not   without   honor   save   in   his   own 
country." 

rabbet  A  rabbet  is  a  groove  cut  in  the  edge  of  a  piece  of  timber. 

rabbit  The  rabbit  is  a  pest  in  Australia. 

Welsh  rabbit  is  made  of  melted  cheese  and  toast. 

rain  The  rain  fell  in  torrents  all  the  night. 

reign  The  reign  of  Queen  Victoria  lasted  over  half  a  century. 

rein  He  took  the  reins  in  his  own  hand. 

raise  Their  wages  were  raised  five  dollars  a  month. 

raze  They  voted  to  raze  the  old  building  and  erect  a  new 

one- 

road  Much  effort  is  being  made  to  secure  good  roads. 

rode  He  read  the  daily  paper  as  he  rode  to  his  office. 

rowed  As  he  rowed  down  stream,  the  current  helped  him. 

serge  She  had  on  a  suit  made  of  rough  serge. 

surge  As  the  speaker's  voice  rose  higher,  the  crowd  surged 

to  and  fro. 

sleight  He  earned  his  living  by  sleight  of  hand  performances. 

slight  The  firm  gave  him  a  slight  increase  of  salary. 


Staid  His  manner  was,  staid — ^in  fact,  almost  severe. 

stayed  He  stayed  long  past  the  closing  time. 


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Words  of  Similar  Sound 
straight        He  followed  the  straight  path  of  honest  dealing, 
strait  Only  a  narrow  strait  separates  the  two  continents. 

He  was  reduced  to  great  straits  to  make  ends  meet. 

suite  They  engaged  a  suite  of  rooms  in  the  best  hotel, 

sweet  The  singer's  voice  was  sweet,  but  strong. 

tear  A  tear  upon  the  cheek  of  a  child  awakens  pity, 

tier  They  sat  in  the  first  tier  of  seats. 

their  They  gave  each  of  their  workmen  a  Christmas  present. 

there  There  are  many  engaged  in  the  retail  business. 

The  papers  were  scattered  here  and  there, 

vain  He  sought  in  vain  for  a  remedy. 

A  vain  person  lays  himself  open  to  ridicule. 
vane  The  weather  vane  shows  the  wind  to  be  due  north, 

vein  The  newly  opened  vein  was  rich  in  silver. 

He  talked  in  this  same  vein  for  an  hour  or  more. 

The  large  vein  in  his  leg  was  severed. 

ware  He  carried  all  his  wares  in  one  wagon. 

The  hsirdivare  trade  is  booming  now. 
wear  What  one  wears  is  of  less  importance  than  what  one  is. 

The  loss  by  ordinary  wear  and  tear  was  very  great. 

Wright  The  wheelwright  did  a  flourishing  business. 

write  The  clerk  tried  to  v.)rite  a  plain  hand. 

right  To  do  right  will  gain  the  approval  of  one's  self. 

Turn  to  the  right  when  you  reach  the  head  of  the 
stairs. 
rite  The  dead  were  buried  with  solemn  rites. 


yoke  ^'Be  ye  not  unequally  yoked  together." 

The  child's  dress  had  a  muslin  yoke. 
yolk  The  yolk  and  the  white  of  one  egg  are  to  be  beaten 

separately. 
accept  We  accept  with  pleasure  what  is  offered  us. 

except  We  except  from  this  list  those  who  reported  last  week. 

access  The  stairs  gave  a  means  of  access  to  the  building. 

excess  This  sum  is  in  excess  of  our  needs. 


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Words  Likely  to  be  Confused 
It  is  easier  to  give  advice  than  to  take  it. 
We  advise  you  to  seek  another  position. 

This  event  does  not  affect  your  standing  with  us. 
You  cannot  effect  this  by  any  other  means. 
Notice  the  effect  of  leaving  out  that  drawing. 
Cashinere  is  a  fine  wool  fabric  used  for  women's  garments. 
Cassimere  is  a  thin  woolen  cloth  used  for  men's  garments. 

complement  This  statement  is  a  complement  of  the  one  made  before. 
complimient  The  manager  gave  the  clerk  many  compliments  on  his 
large  sales. 

He  gave  the  credit  to  his  able  corps  of  assistants. 

The  corpse  of  the  murdered  man  was  found  in  his  home. 

The  funeral  of  the  deceased  will  be  held  in  the  church. 
The  diseased  leg  was  cut  off  at  the  knee. 

Life  in  the  desert  is  lonely. 

To  conclude  a  heavy  meal  the  dessert  should  be  light. 
He  traveled  farther  the  first  day  than  the  second. 
Further  arguments  were  advanced  from  time  to  time. 
We  will  guarantee  the  article  to  be  of  the  finest  quality. 
A  written  guaranty  will  be  sent  with  each  article. 
The  machine  seems  ingenious  and  wholly  new. 
He  had  an  open,  ingenuous  manner. 
''Canst  thou  loose  the  bands  of  Orion?" 
If  you  buy  carefully,  you  will  lose  httle. 


advice 
advise 

affect 
6£^ect 

cashmere 
cassimere 


corps 
corpse 

deceased 
diseased 

desert 

dessert 

farther 

further 

guarantee 

guaranty 

ingenious 

ingenuous 

loose 

lose 


practicable  The  method  proposed  seems  practicable. 
practical      This  will  do  for  all  practical  purposes. 

He  was  recommended  as  a  practical  man. 
prophecy      Many  believed  in  the  prophecy  of  hard  times. 
prophesy      Many  prophesy  a  return  of  prosperity. 
propose        The  plan  you  propose  will  probably  be  adopted. 
purpose        He  purposed  to  spend  his  vacation  at  home. 

He  did  not  tear  up  the  account  on  purpose. 
prosecute     The  state's  attorney  will  prosecute  the  case. 
persecute     It   is   sometimes   true   that   men   will   persecute 

fellows  for  their  opinions. 
stationary  A  stationary  engine  was  set  up  in  the  plant. 
stationery   He  is  about  to  engage  in  the  book  and  stationery  business. 
statue  A  statue  in  memory  of  Lincoln  was  erected. 

stature  The  owner  of  the  building  was  short  of  stature  and  bald. 

statute  The  statutes  passed  by  the  last  legislature  are  now 

printed. 


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Review 

As  there  had  been  a  prophecy  of  a  hot  summer,  the  principal 
of  a  school  planned  to  spend  his  summer  vacation  scaling  mountain 
peaks.  A  further  inducement  to  travel  was  found  in  the  fact  that 
his  profits  from  investments  the  past  year  had  been  greatly  in 
excess  of  those  of  former  years.  Acting  on  the  advice  of  a  friend, 
he  bought  two  new  suits,  one  of  serge,  the  other  of  cassimere. 
These  with  what  he  had  he  thought  would  serve  him  in  all  straits. 
Then,  too,  he  found  it  impossible  to  carry  much  baggage.  He 
tried  by  many  ingenious  arguments  to  induce  his  friend  to  ac- 
company him,  but  his  urging  had  no  effect.  So  he  started  out 
alone  to  cross  the  plains.  He  had  bought  stationery,  and  being 
little  affected  by  the  noise  and  jar  of  the  moving  train,  began  to 
write  a  letter  to  his  mother.  He  told  her  of  all  the  little  details  of 
his  journey — how  the  plains  in  places  seemed  like  a  great  desert, 
what  immense  rabbits  he  saw  from  the  car  window,  how  he  had  been 
advised  by  his  friend  to  overcome  possible  mountain  sickness, 
what  he  should  wear  when  climbing,  what  he  had  had  for  dessert  on 
the  diner,  how  he  expected  to  go  down  in  a  mine,  not  to  look  for 
a  rich  vein,  but  just  to  see  the  metal  in  its  native  state,  and  how  he 
had  thought  out  an  ingenious  scheme  for  better  smelting  of  ores, 
which  scheme  he  purposed  proposing  to  a  certain  practical  mine 
owner.  He  said  the  principle  upon  which  it  was  based  was  so  simple 
that  he  was  sure  he  could  guarantee  success  at  the  outset.  Only 
slight  changes  in  the  present  method  need  be  made  to  bring  about 
effects  truly  marvelous.  He  also  wrote  her  about  a  deceased  friend 
of  whom  he  had  been  very  fond.  This  friend  had  owned  a  piece 
of  land  in  one  of  the*  mining  districts  which  he  had  prophesied 
would  show  a  rich  vein  of  silver.  He  himself  expected  to  go  there 
on  this  trip  and,  if  there  was  easy  access  for  a  railroad,  to  buy 
the  strip.  He  might  have  written  much  more,  but  there  was  a  call 
for  supper  from  the  porter  who  passed  by  his  seat,  so  he  brought 
his  letter  to  a  close. 


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Derivatives 

modernize  mSd'ern  ize  To  substitute  modern  forms 

for. 
attendant  Sit  tSn'dant  One  who  waits  upon  another; 

accompanying. 
anteroom  S,n'te  room'  A  waiting  room. 

disciplinary  dis'ci  plin  a  ry         Tending  to  correct  or  train. 

continuous  con  tin'u  ous  Without  interruption. 

unscrupulous  un  scru'pu  lous  Without  right  moral  prin- 
ciples. 

nonsense  n6n'sense  That    which    has    no    sense; 

trifles. 

trans- Atlantic     trans '-At  lan'tic      Across  the  Atlantic. 

forenoon  fore'noon'  The  early  part  of  the  day 

elementary  gl'e  mSn'ta  ry  Simple;  introductory. 

inadequate  in  ad'e  quate  Not  sufficient. 

machinery  ma  ^hin'er  y  A  collection  of  machines, 

excessive  ex  g&s'sive  Greater  than  is  usual. 

suitable  suzt'a  ble  Fitting  or  proper. 

official  o/fl'cial  Connected    with    holding    of 

office;  made  by  virtue  of 
authority. 

semitropical         s6m'i  tr5p'ic  al        Half  or  nearly  tropical. 

imprudent  im  pru'dent  Wanting  in  prudence. 

disappoint  dis'ap  point'  To  hinder  from  an  expected 

or  desired  result. 

guardian  gwar'di  an  One  appointed  to  have  charge 

of  another. 

circumnavigate  gir'cum  n^v'i  gate  To  sail  completely  around. 

restorative  re  stor'a  tive  Having  power  to  restore. 

Common  Expressions 

continuous  performance  attendant  evils 

inadequate  means  modernize  the  structure 

elementary  principles  excessive  charges 

equalize  the  pressure  suitable  apparel 


interurban 


perennial 


bicycle 


preamble 


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ability 
credential 


a  bll'i  ty 
ere  dgn'tial 


LESSON  53 
Derivatives 

Power  or  skill  to  do. 


acquisition  ac'qui  §f  tion 

pseudonym  pseu'do  nym 

connivance  con  niv'ange 

animosity  an'i  mSs'i  ty 

consolidate  con  sSl'i  date 

repetition  rgp'e  tl'tion 
commemorate  com  mgm'o  rate 

afi^mative  af  firm'a  tive 

sustenance     stis'te  nange 
accessible        ac  ggs'si  ble 
commissary    c6m'mis  sa  ry 
acconmiodate  ac  c6m'mo  date 

economical     e'  co  nSm'i  cal 
franchise        fran'chlge 
ambiguous     am  big'u  ous 

approximate  ap  pr6x'i  mate 
ambitious       am  bftious 


accelerate 
paralyze 


ac  g^l'er  ate 
par'a  lyze 


macadamize 


partisan 


A  paper  showing  a  person  is 
entitled  to  credit  as  an 
official  or  otherwise. 

The  act  of  acquiring  or  the 
thing  acquired. 

A  false  name;  pen  name  of  an 
author. 

Guilty  assent  to  or  assistance 
in  wrong-doing. 

Bitter  hatred. 

To   form   into   one  body  or 

company. 
Act  of  repeating;  recital. 

To  serve  as  a  memorial  of. 

Answering  "yes";  the  side  of 
a  question  maintaining 
the  proposition  stated. 

That  which  supports  life; 
means  of  living. 

Easily  reached. 

One  in  charge  of  a  special 

service  or  duty. 
To    furnish    with    something 

desired;   to    adapt    (itself 

or  oneself)  to. 
Avoiding  waste. 

A  right  or  privilege  granted  by 

a  government. 
Subject    to    more    than    one 

interpretation. 
To  estimate  closely. 

Greatly  desirous  of  power  or 

success. 
To  hasten. 

To  deprive  of  energy, 
salient  sovereign 


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Derivatives 
*inischievous   mis'chie  vous       dramatize 


directory 

impartial 

estimable 

deficit 

intuition 


di  rec'to  ry 
im  par'tial 
gs'ti  ma  ble 
dgf'i  git 
in'tu  rtion 


discriminate  dis  crfm'i  nate 


brigadier 

modifying 

underrate 

hypnotize 

delinquent 


brfg'a  d^■er' 
mSd'i  fy'ing 
tin'der  rate' 
hyp'no  tize 
de  lln'quent 


arraignment  ar  migi/ment 
chastise  chas  tise' 


corroborate 

exonerate 

undesirable 

insecure 

counterfeit 


cor  rOb'o  rate 
ex  5n'er  ate 
tin'de  sir'a  ble 
Tn'se  cure' 
coun'ter  feit 


dram'a  tize 

convenient  con  ven'ient  (yent) 

Free  from  prejudice  for  or  against. 

Worthy  of  esteem;  that  may  be 

vahied. 
An  amount  lacking. 

Power  of  knowing  without  reason- 
ing. 
To  distinguish  accurately. 

The  commander  of  a  brigade. 

Tending  to  change  somewhat. 

To  rate  lower  than  deserved. 

To   place   in   a   state   resembling 

sleep. 
One  who  commits  a  fault;  failing 

in  duty. 
Act  of  calling  to  account  or  of 

accusing. 
To  punish  for  the  sake  of  making 

better. 
To    confirm    another's    statement 

or  a  fact. 
To  free  from  blame. 

Not  desired. 

Not  safe. 


A    thing   to   resemble    something 
else;  to  imitate. 
*Note  the  syllable  to  be  accented. 

Common  Expressions 

counterfeit  coin  estimable  qualities 

undesirable  citizens  corroborate  his  statement 

arraignment  of  the  prisoner  underrate  his  ability 


defalcate       dilapidated       ignominious       dilemma 


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] 

Review 

disciplinary 

economical 

directory 

convenient 

acquisition 

accommodate 

excessive 

ability 
bicycle 

modifying 

inadequate 

approximate 

franchise 

accessible 

disappoint 

dramatize 

ambitious 

perennial 

corroborate 

ambiguous 

equalize 

repetition 

connivance 

restorative 

mischievous 

continuous 

macadamize 

intuition 

consohdate 

exonerate 

sovereign 

suitable 

arraignment 

accelerate 

preparatory 

paralyze 

talkative 

undesirable 

underrate 

dilapidated 

counterfeit 

credential 

hypnotize 

dilemma 

impartial 

dramatize 

delinquent 

ignominious 

elementary 

unscrupulous 

LESSON  56 

ie  and  ei 

neither 

net'ther 

neighbor 

nd.gh'hoT 

receive 

re  getve' 

weigh 

weigh 

believe 

be  lieve' 

either 

ei'ther 

seize 

sHze 

heifer 

UiVer 

thief 

thief 

outweigh 

out  weigh' 

siege 

siege 

grieve 

grieve 

sieve 

sieve 

mischief 

mis'chief 

ceiling 

gearing 

sleigh 

sleigh 

receipt 

re  geipt' 

seismic 

seis'mic 

Pertaining  to 

earthquakes. 

inveigh 

in  Yoigh' 

To  criticise  harshly. 

obeisance 

o  bei'sange 

A  deep  bow. 

nonpareil 

nOn'pa  yHY 

A  size  of  type 

;  having  no  equal 

Common  Expressions 

retrieve  his  mistakes  upon  receipt  of 

seismic  disturbances  outweigh  the  disadvantages 

inveigh  against  his  fate  receive  the  message 


frontier 


retrieve 


heiress 


seine 


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ei  and  ie 

relief 

re  kef 

priest 

priest 

aggrieve 

2ig  grieve' 

piece 

piege 

pierce 

pierge 

forfeit 

for'fcit 

conceive 

con  gezve' 

weird 

weird 

foreign 

ibr'eign 

brief 

brief 

reprieve 

re  prieve' 

wield 

wzeld 

deceit 

de  qeit' 

besiege 

be  siege' 

grievous 

gne'vous 

fierce 

iierge 

heinous 

hei'nous 

perceive 

per  geive' 

height 

height 

conceit 

con  geit' 

chandelier       chief       surfeit       surveillance      weir 


seignior         seign'ior  (yor) 
kaleidoscope  ka  lei'do  scope 


electrolier 

e  Igc'tro  her' 

purlieu 

pur'k'eu 

shiek 

shzek 

leisure 

lez'gure 

frieze 

frieze 

lien 

ken  or  Ifgn 

sleight 

eleight 

tier 

tier 

LESSON  58 

ei  and  ie 

')              A  title  corresponding  to  Mr. 

)e             An  instrument  showing  pieces 
of  colored  glass  in  various 
forms. 

A  support  for  electric  lamps. 

Outskirt;  neighborhood. 

liege                  kege 

bier                    bier 

tra,nsient 

tr^n'sient 

skein 

skein 

feign 
unveil 

ieign 
un  veil' 

fiend  achieve  their  seizure 

feint  befriend  fiendish         glacier 

.  Eight,  weight,  neigh,  freight,  rein,  reign,  vein,  deign,  seine, 
ceil,  heir,  stein,  eider,  gneiss,  eidolon,  surfeit,  deceive.  Chief,  fief, 
lief,  thieve,  grief,  belief,  relieve,  grievance,  mischievous,  field, 
shield,  yield,  mien,  niece,  friend,  shriek,  pier,  tierce,  cashier, 
financier,  grenadier,  fusilier,  gondolier,  view,  review,  interview, 
lieu,  die,  fie,  hie,  lie,  pie,  tie,  vie,  deficient,  sufficient,  sieve, 
'COurtier,  soldier,  clothier,  glazier,  brazier,  grazier. 


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unintelligible 
recognition 

visionary 

vociferous 

wretchedness 

spectator 

succumb 

susceptible 

statistics 

tenacious 

tremendous 

substantial 

transitory 

parallel 

retaliate 
senseless 
shepherd 
privileges 

majority 

reciprocity 
plurality 


LESSON  59 

Derivatives 
tin 'in  tgl'Zi  gi  ble    That  can  not  be  understood, 
rgc'og  nation  A   knowing   again;   formal   ac- 

knowledgment, 
vi'gion  a  ry  Disposed  to  see  visions;  fanciful, 

vo  glf'er  ous  Noisy. 

wr&tch'ed  ness        State  of  being  wretched. 
sp6c'ta  tor  One  looking  on. 

sue  ctim6'  To  yield  to  pressure  or  force. 

sus  ggp'ti  ble  Easily  impressed, 

sta  tis'tics  Classified  facts  stated  in  num- 

bers, 
te  na'cious  Holding  fast, 

tre  m^n'dous  Very  great;  astonishing, 

sub  stUn'tial  Having  substance;  strong, 

tr^n'si  to  ry  Lasting  but  a  short  time. 

pSr'aZ  lei  Equally  distant  at  all  points; 

an  equal, 
re  tari  ate  To  return  like  for  like. 

sgnse'less  Meaningless;  unconscious. 

shgp'Aerd  One  employed  to  tend  sheep. 

priv'i  leg  e§  Special    rights,    grants,    or    en- 

joyments. 

ma  j6r'i  ty  More  than  half  a  number;  the 

greater  part. 

rSg'i  prSg'i  ty         A  mutual  giving  and  returning. 

plu  rari  ty  An  excess  of  votes  over  other 

candidates. 

Common  Expressions 


against  tremendous  odds 
substantial  increase 
vociferous  in  his  demands 
reciprocity  in  trade 
all  the  privileges  and 

immunities 
valuable  statistics 


retaliate  in  kind 
recognition  of  merit 
visionary  scheme 
senseless  proposition 
tenacious  of  life 
without  a  parallel 
to  succumb  to  disease 


phlegmatic      dismissal      unanimity      synonymous 


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Review  and  Spelling  Down  List 

This  storm  augurs  ill  for  the  safe  return  of  the  vessel. 

The  goods  ought  to  be  here  next  week. 

The  breach  between  the  friends  widened  with  the  passing  days. 

The  board  of  review  will  canvass  the  votes  this  week. 

They  have  built  a  new  warehouse  on  the  site  of  the  old  one,  which 
was  razed  last  year. 

His  coarse  manner  and  foul  language  count  against  him. 

The  colors  made  by  those  dyes  are  guaranteed  to  be  boil-proof. 

A  horde  of  locusts  destroyed  the  entire  crop. 

The  attorney  said  his  lien  was  binding. 

The  foreman  tried  to  lessen  the  expenses  by  economical  manage^ 
ment. 

The  principal  reason  for  the  delay  in  shipping  was  the  teamsters' 
strike. 

A  pane  of  glass  is  set  in  a  rabbet  joint. 

The  name  of  this  firm  on  an  article  is  a  guaranty  of  good  qualit}'. 

No  business   can  remain  stationary;  it  must  progress   or  go 
backwards. 

forenoon  outweigh  consolidate  recognition 

anteroom  restorative  conceit  animosity 

excessive  seismic  frontier  chandelier 

approximate       suitable  unveil  mischief 

sustenance  privileges  senseless  retrieve 

partisan  ^  majority  heinous  befriend 

counterfeit  seize  reciprocity  wield 

obeisance  nonpareil  relief  tenacious 

heiress  mischievous  transient  inveigh 

plurality  visionary  statistics  continuous 

wretchedness       substantial  modernize  affirmative 

retaliate  parallel  disappoint  modifying 


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LESSON  61 
Hon  and  sion 


admonition 

dissension 

interpretation 

preparation 

supervision 

aversion 

convention 

association 

decision 

description 

communication 

possession 

appropriation 

declension 

inflammation 

corporation 

procession 

humiliation 

expiration 

denunciation 
cooperation 


ad'mo  ni'tion 
dis  sgn'sion 
in  ter'pre  ta'tion 
prSp'a  ra'tion 
su'per  vig'ion 

a  ver'gion 
con  v6n'tion 
as  so'gi  a'tion 

de  gf  §ion 

de  scrip'tion 

com  mu'ni  ca'tion 

pos  §6s'sion 

ap  pro'pri  a'tion 

de  clgn'sion 

In 'flam  ma'tion 


cor  po  ra'tion 

pro  ges'sion 

hu  mfl'i  a'tion 

Sx'pi  ra'tion 

de  niin'gi  a'tion 
CO  6p'e  ra't'ion 


Friendly  reproof  or  warning. 

Disagreement;  quarreling. 

Explanation;  definition. 

A  getting  ready;  training. 

Act  of  overseeing;  general 
control. 

Dislike;  a  strong  feeling  against. 

A  meeting  for  a  common  purpose. 

A  union;  an  organization  with- 
out a  charter. 

Final  determination  or  judg- 
ment; the  quality  of  being 
firm. 

An  account  in  words  of  the  ap- 
pearance or  characteristics 
of  a  person  or  thing. 

Correspondence ;  a  connecting 
passage. 

Fact  of  having  a  thing  or  having 
ownership  of  it. 

Something  set  apart  for  a  par- 
ticular use;  act  of  setting 
apart  for  a  particular  use. 

Inflection  of  parts  of  speech, 
according  to  grammatical 
usage. 

An  unhealthy  condition  of  the 
flesh  or  some  other  part  of 
the  body,  usually  accom- 
panied by  redness  or  swelling. 

A  business  organization  chart- 
tered  by  the  state  or  nation. 

A  train  of  persons  going  forward 
in  order. 

Abasement  of  pride;  act  of 
shaming  or  disgracing. 

Act  of  exhaUng  air ;  end  or  ending 
of,  as  by  lapse  of  time. 

Public  accusation;  a  threat. 

Act  of  working  together. 


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cessation 

optician 
dissatisfaction 

superstition 


electrician 

transgression 

exclamation 

obligation 
dissipation 

destruction 
mathematician 

reputation 
degradation 

collision 

presumption 

dimension 

physician 
petition 

occasion 

Artesian 

mechanician 


LESSON  62 
ion  and  ian 
ges  sa'tion 

op  tf  gian 

dis  sS,t'is  fac'tion 

su'per  sti'tion 


e  lee  trfcian 
trans  grSs'sion 
gx'cla  ma'tion 

6b 'li  ga'tion 
dis 'si  pa'tion 

de  striic'tion 
math'e  ma  tfcian 

rgp'tl  taction 
dSg'ra  da'tion 

coZ  If  §ion 

pre  §timp'tion 

di  mgn'sion 

phy  sfcian 
pe  tf  tion 

oc  ca'sion 

Ar  te'sian 

mSc/i'a  nf  cian 


A  ceasing,  temporary  or 
final. 

One  who  fits  eye-glasses. 

A  feeling  of  not  being 
satisfied. 

Belief  in  signs  and  omens; 
excessive  fear  of  the 
unknown  or  super- 
natural. 

One  skilled  in  electricity. 

Violation  of  a  law;  sin. 

A  sharp  or  sudden  utter- 
ance expressive  of 
strong  feeling. 

Duty;  indebtedness  for  a 
favor. 

Wasteful  expenditure; 
trifling  amusement; 
indulgence  in  vices. 

Ruin;  a  tearing  down. 

One  skilled  in  the  science 

of  numbers. 
What  others  think  of  one. 
State  of  being  lowered  in 

rank  or  in  the  opinion 

of  others. 
A    clashing    or    coming 

together    violently. 
An  overstepping   of   the 

bounds. 
Measure  in  a  single  line; 

extent. 
One  practicing  medicine. 

A  formal  written  request; 

a  prayer. 
A     timely      chance      or 

juncture;  a  cause. 
A  deep  bored  well,  first 

used  in  Artois,  France. 
A  machinist. 


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admissible 
pliable 
abominable 
miserable 

combustible 

pitiable 

horrible 

durable 

contemptible 

irritable 


amenable 


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able  and  ible 
ad  mis'si  ble 
pli'a  ble 
a  b6m'i  na  blc 
mig'er  a  ble 

com  bQs'ti  ble 
pit'i  a  ble 
hSr'ri  ble 
dur'a  ble 
con  tCmp'ti  ble 
IrVi  ta  ble 


a  me'na  ble 


incomprehensible  in  cSm'pre  h^n'si  ble 


accountable 


ac  count'a  ble 


incorruptible         In'cor  riip'ti  ble 


palatable 

indelible 

incorrigible 

discernible 

irresistible 

eligible 

reasonable 


pai'a  ta  ble 

in  den  ble 
in  c6r'ri  gi  ble 
dig  cern'i  ble 
Iv're  sis'ti  ble 
sri  gi  ble 

rea'son  a  ble 


misery; 


combustible  material 
reasonable  conclusion 
available  means 
contemptible  conduct 
admissible  argument 
obtainable  by  fair  means 


Governed 
proper. 
Common  Expressions 

eligible  to  office 
amenable  to  reason 
oitiable  sight 
lorrible  accident 
lurable  quality 
rritable  temper 


That  may  be  allowed. 

Easily  bent;  jdelding. 

Very  hateful. 

Abounding     in 
very  poor. 

Burning  easily.- 

Deserving  pity. 

Exciting  horror. 

Lasting  in  quality. 

Worthy  of  contempt. 

Marked  by  fretfulness; 
very  sensitive  to  ir- 
ritants. 

Willing  to  yield;  tract- 
able. 

Not  to  be  understood; 
beyond  ordinary  un- 
derstanding. 

Liable  to  be  called  on  to 
render  an  account. 

Not  subject  to  decay; 
above  the  influence  of 
bribes. 

Pleasing  to  the  palate; 
tasting  good. 

That  cannot  be  erased. 

Bad   beyond   correction. 

Easily  seen. 

Overpowering. 

Having  proper  quahfi- 
cations. 

by 


reason; 


(l)irascible      ostensible     (2;  formidable      reprehensible 

(l)Noticc  the  sound  of  i  in  the  first  syllable. 
(2) Notice  the  syllable  that  is  accented. 


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tangible 

perceptible 
reliable 

variable 
inconceivable 

dishonorable 

inexhaustible 

unavoidable 

permissible 

practicable 

divisible 

tractable 

inevitable 

flexible 

endurable 

feasible 

memorable 

plausible 

credible 

creditable 

portable 


LESSON  64 

able  and  ible 
tan'gi  ble 

per  ggp'ti  ble 
re  li'a  ble 

va'ri  a  h\e 

In 'con  gezv'a  ble 

dis  h6n'or  a  ble 
!n'ex  /lawst'i  ble 
tin 'a  void'a  ble 
per  mts'si  ble 
pr^c'ti  ca  ble 

di  vig'i  ble 

trlic'ta  ble 
in  &Vi  ta  ble 
flgx'i  ble 
en  dur'a  ble 
fea'gi  ble 

m6m'o  ra  ble 

plaw'gi  ble 

crgd'i  ble 

cr^d'it  a  ble 

por'ta  ble 


That   may   be   grasped; 

real. 
That  may  be  seen. 

That  may  be  depended 
upon;  trustworthy. 

Marked  by  change. 

Not  to  be  thought  or 
believed. 

Wanting  in  honor. 

Not  giving  out ;  lasting. 

That  can  not  be  avoided. 

Allowable. 

Capable  of  being  put 
into  practice. 

That  may  be  separated 
into  parts. 

Easily  managed. 

Necessary;  bound  to  be. 

Easily  bent. 

That  may  be  borne. 

Capable  of  being  done  or 
used. 

Worthy  to  be  remem- 
bered. 

Apparently  right;  agree- 
able. 

Easy  of  belief  (applied 
to  statements) . 

Deserving  honor  (applied 
to  conduct  or  action) . 

Easily  carried. 


Common  Expressions 


impracticable  scheme 
variable  winds 
plausible  story 
creditable  perforniance 
pleasurable  feeling 


remarkable  ability 
dishonorable  means 
inexhaustible  supply 
feasible  plan 
inevitable  result 


"^irreparable      despicable       impassable       impassible 

*Notice  the  accent  in  the  first  two  words  and  the  difference  in 
meaning  of  the  last  two. 


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a  very  perceptible  change 
iaevitable  consequence 
man  of  decision 
reasonable  amount 
convention  of  delegates 
irresistible  force 
available  assets 
of  large  dimensions 
corporation  attorney 
plausible  reasoning 
inconceivable  horror 
tangible  proof 
excusable  delay 


LESSON  65 
Review 
transgression  of  the  law 
dissatisfaction  with  the  management 
degradation  of  the  masses 
a  petition  to  the  City  Council 
took  occasion  to  remark 
collision  was  inevitable 
under  great  obhgation 
your  communication  was  received 
accumulation  of  wealth 
registration  of  the  voters 
resent  the  insinuation 
preparation  for  the  event 


pitiable 

occasion 

contemptible 

statistician 

mathematician 

admissible 

irritable 

indestructible 

expiration 

destination 

association 

dissipation 

cooperation 

description 

amelioration 

opposition 

amenable 

electrician 

mechanician 

credible 

incorruptible 

destruction 

feasible 

divisible 

superstition 

LESSON  66 

ous 

plenteous 

cautious 

riotous 

judicious 

copious 

bounteous 

luscious 

various 

precious 

gracious 

nutritious 

conscious 

hideous 

delirious 

fungous 

bilious 

boisterous 

pompous 

virtuous 

promiscuous 

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instantaneous  In'stan  ta'ne  ous 
infectious         in  fgc'tious 

contagious        con  ta'gzous 


gorgeous 
delicious 
hilarious 
victorious 


gor'geous 
de  If  cious 
hi  l^r'i  ous 
vie  to'ri  ous 


impervious  im  per  vi  ous 

precocious  pre  co'cious 

commodious  com  mo'di  ous 

facetious  fa  ge'tious 


propitious 

auspicious 

malicious 

dubious 

ludicrous 

tortuous 

vicarious 

impecunious 

sagacious 

conscientious 


pro  pf  tious 

aus  pi'cious 
ma  If  cious 
du'bi  ous 
lu'di  crous 
tor'tu  ous 
vi  ca'ri  ous 
Im'pe  cu'ni  ous 
sa  ga'cious 
c6n'sci  gn'tious 


Occurring  in  an  instant. 

Capable  of  being  spread,  said 
of  a  disease  spread  by 
germs  in  the  air  or  water. 

Capable  of  being  spread ;  said 
of  a  disease  spread  by 
contact  with  a  patient. 

Showy;  dazzling;  fine. 

Very  pleasing  to  the  taste. 

Marked  with  noisy  mirth. 

Having  gained  victory;  con- 
quering. 
Not  allowing  passage  through. 

Developing  unnaturally  early, 
especially  mentally. 

Large;  spacious. 

Given  to  joking;  exciting 
mirth. 

Favorable. 

Giving  promise  of  success. 

Marked  by  mahce. 

Of  doubtful  character. 

Exciting  laughter. 

Winding ;  deceitful . 

Suffered  for  another. 

Not  having  money. 

Marked  by  wisdom. 

Governed  by  conscience. 


Common  Expressions 


contagious  disease 
auspicious  occasion 
malicious  statement 
weather  is  propitious 
vicarious  sacrifice 
impervious  to  argument 


copious  showers 
impecunious  condition 
facetious  remark 
precocious  youth 
instantaneous  death 
conscientious  person 


ferocious      extemporaneous      vivacious      fictitious 


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ous 

atrocious 

a  tro'cious 

Very  wicked. 

audacious 

au  da'cioas 

Marked  by  boldness. 

venomous 

vgn'oni  ous 

Full  of  venom;  poisonous. 

envious 

6n'vi  ous 

Full  of  envy. 

capacious 

ca  pa'cious 

Ample;  great  in  extent. 

efficacious 

gf'/i  ca'cious 

Bringing  effects. 

supercilious 

su'per  9iri  ous 

Haughty. 

pugnacious 

pug  na'cious 

Inclined  to  fight. 

punctilious 

pui^c  iWi  ous 

Very  exact  and  careful. 

deleterious 

dere  te'ri  ous 

Harmful. 

noxious 

nSx'ious  (shus) 

Injurious. 

obnoxious 

ob  nSx'ious 

Offensive;  objectionable. 

conspicuous 

con  splc'u  ous 

Attracting  attention. 

frivolous 

friv^o  lous 

Given    to    trifling;    of    little 
worth. 

meretricious 

mgr'e  trrcious 

Alluring  by  false  show. 

sonorous 

so  no'rous 

Full  in  sound;  high-sounding- 

contiguous 

con  tig'u  ous 

Lying  next  to. 

invidious 

in  vid'i  ous 

Likely  to  give  offense. 

perfidious 

per  fid'i  ous 

Disloyal;  unfaithful. 

vigorous 

vig'or  ous 

Marked  by  strength. 

preposterous 

pre  p5s'ter  ous 

Contrary  to  common  sense^ 

sonorous  voice 
vigorous  manhood 
supercilious  bearing 
delicious  flavor 
atrocious  crime 
efficacious  remedy 
of  conspicuous  merit 
noxious  weeds 
obnoxious  habit 
invidious  comparison 


Common  Expressions 

pugnacious  disposition 
deleterious  in  its  effects 
tenacious  of  life 
frivolous  conversation 
perfidious  friend 
contiguous  to  our  premises 
gratuitous  services 
indigenous  to  the  soil 
homologous  angles 
meretricious  style 


gratuitous     homologous      indigenous     heterogeneous 


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innocence 

brilliance 

confidence 

accordance 

conscience 

intelligence 

significance 

experience 


LESSON  69 

ance,  ancy,  ence,  ency 

in'no  genge  obedience  6  be'di  enge 

brfl'/iance  (yans)   efficiency  ef  fif'cien  ^y 

c6n'fi  denge  insolence  !n'so  lenge 

ac  cor'danQe  reverence  rSv'er  enge 

c6n'scienc(?(shens)  magnificence  mag  ntf'i  genge 


in  t&Vli  genge 
sig  nin  cange 
ex  pe'ri  enge 


acquaintance  ac  quamt'ance 
temperance     tem'per  ance 
competence     c5m'pe  tenge 
vengeance        vSn'geange 
independence  In'de  pgn'denge 
reluctance       re  luc'tange 


hesitancy        h6§'i  tan  gy 
superintendency 

su'per  intgn'den  gy 
leniency  le'ni  en  gy 

maintenance  mam'te  nange 
contrivance    con  tri'vange 
extravagance  ex  trSv'a  gange 
benevolence    be  nSv'o  lenge 


currency 


correspond-     c5rVe  spSn'denge  affluence 


ence 
countenance   coun'te  nange 
diligence 
consequence 
allegiance 
evidence 
eloquence 
acceptance 
prominence 


influence 

discrepancy 

virulence 

attendance 

eminence 


cQr'ren  gy 
af'/lu  enge 
in'flu  enge 
dis  crgp'an  gy 
vTr'u  lenge 
at  t&n'dange 
gm'i  nenge 


dll'i  genge 

c6n'se  quenge 

Sil  le'giange 

ev'i  denge 

^Vo  quenge 

ac  g^p'tange 

pr5m'i  nenge 
Malevolence,  ill  will. 

Leniency,  state  of  being  inclined  toward  mercy. 
Affluence,  wealth. 
Discrepancy,  state  of  disagreeing. 
Virulence,  state  of  being  extremely  poisonous  or  deadly. 


perseverance  per'se  ve  range 
patience  pa'tienge 

penitence        pSn'i  tenge 
malevolence   ma  l6v'o  lenge 


clairvoyance     vehemence     excrescence     reminiscence 


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precious 
luscious 
supercilious 
impecunious 
currency 
eminence 
discrepancy- 
malicious 
piteous 
conspicuous 
resemblance 
contiguous 
efficacious 


Review 


hilarious 

boisterous 

intelligence 

contagious 

bilious 

delicious 

commodious 

facetious 

correspondence 

frivolous 

penitence 

prominence 

superintendency 


conscious 

instantaneous 

propitious 

promiscuous 

deleterious 

impervious 

nutritious 

auspicious 

punctilious 

extravagance 

obnoxious 

maintenance 


delirious 

emergency 

fictitious 

precocious 

preposterous 

virtuous 

conscientious 

vigorous 

ambiguous 

benevolence 

perfidious 

perseverance 


LESSON  71 

ary,  ery,  ory 
solitary  sCri  ta  ry  plenary  ple'na  ry 

confectionery  con  fgc'tion  er  y  constabulary  con  stab'u  la  ry 


satisfactory  s^t'is  fac'to  ry  accessory 
dictionary  dic'tion  a  ry  itinerary 
contemporary  con  t6m'po  ra  ry  consistory 


(l)laboratory 
(2)  obligatory 
desultory 
hereditary 
planetary 
pulmonary 


13-b'o  ra  to  ry 
db'lig  a  to  ry 
dSs'ul  to  ry 
he  rgd'i  ta  ry 
pian'et  a  ry 
ptil'mo  na  ry 


drudgery 

contrary 

literary 

ordinary 

valedictory 


ac  ^gss'o  ry 
i  tin'er  a  ry 
con  sis'to  ry 
drtic?g'er  y 
c6n'tra  ry 
llt'er  a  ry 
6r'di  na  ry 
val'e  dic'to  ry 


Accessory,  aiding  in  a  secondary  way;  one  who  contributes  as  an 

assistant. 
Hereditary,  transmitted  from  an  ancestor. 
Pulmonary,  pertaining  to  the  lungs. 
Itinerary,  a  route  pursued  in  traveling. 
Plenary,  full;  compl  te. 
Consistory,  governing  body  of  a  church;  19th  to  33rd  degrees  of 

Masonry. 
Desultory,  passing  from  one  subject  to  another  wdthout  order. 

(l)Notice  the  five  syllables. 
(2)Notice  the  accent. 


crematory        refectory         derogatory         lavatory 


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peculiar 
ancestor 
oflacer 
respecter 
corridor 
prospector 
♦photographer 
cipher 
similar 
familiar 
inferior 
operator 
decipher 
elector 
messenger 
burglar 
warrior 
barrier 
monitor 
passenger 
thermometer 
janitor 
♦telegrapher 


LESSON  72 
avj  er,  or 
pe  curiar  (yar)    vibrator 


Sn'ges  tor 
6r/i  ger 
re  spgc'ter 
cOr'ri  dor 
prSs'pec  tor 
pho  t6g'ra  pher 
gi'pher 
sim'i  lar 
fa  mfl'iar  (yar) 
in  fe'ri  or 
6p'er  a  tor 
de  gi'pher 
e  iSc'tor 
m^s'sen  ger 
btir'glar 
war'ri  or 
ba,r'ri  er 
m5ii'i  tor 
pas'sen  ger 
ther  m6m'e  ter 
jt^n'i  tor 
te  l^g'ra  pher 


inventor 

prosecutor 

canister 

upholster 

cuspidor 

surrender 

competitor 

refrigerator 

superior 

proprietor 

particular 

coroner 

anchor 

excelsior 

vinegar 

laborer 

actor 

terror 

depositor 

improper 

believer 

theater  or 
theatre 


vi'bra  tor 
in  vSn'tor 
pr6s'e  cii'tor 
cSn'is  ter 
up  hoFster 
cus'pi  dor 
sur  rSn'der 
com  pgt'i  tor 
re  frfg'er  a  tor 
sii  pe'ri  or 
pro  pri'e  tor 
par  tic'u  lar    ' 
cQr'o  ner 
a^'c//.or 
ex  gel'si  or 
vin'e  gar 
la'bor  er 
ac'tor 
tgr'ror 
de  p6§'i  tor 
im  pr6p'er 
be  hev'er 
the'a  ter 


Prospector,  one  who  explores  a  region  for  minerals. 

Prosecutor,  the  lawyer  conducting  a  case  against  the  accused  person. 

Canister,  a  case  for  holding  tea  or  coffee;  case  shot  for  cannon. 

♦Notice  the  syllable  to  be  accented. 


Common  Expressions 


messenger  service 
telegraphers'  union 


superior  quality 
competitor  in  business 


spectacular         reconnoiter         aggressor         vernacular 


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Words  Common  in  History 


federal 


f  gd'er  al 


constitution     con'sti  tuition 

compromise     com'pro  mise 
insurrection     In'sur  rgc'tion 


confederation  con  fSd'er  a'tion 
rebellion  re  b^l'/ion  (yon) 

exploration       gx'plo  ra'tion 
discovery  dis  cov'er  y 

settlement       s6t'de  ment 
colonial  co  lo'ni  al 

taxation  tax  a'tion 

representation  r^p're  §en  ta'tion 
sedition  se  di'tion 

declaration       dSc'la  ra'tion 
treaties  trea'tie§ 

arbitration       ar'bi  tra'tion 


aliens 


al'iens  (yens) 


democratic  dgm'o  crat'ic 

*government  gov'ern  ment 

monarchical  mo  narc/i'ic  al 

protectorate  pro  tSc'tor  ate 


Composed  of  states;  pertain- 
ing to  a  government  made 
up  of  states. 

The  fundamental  law  of  a 
nation,  state,  or  any  or- 
ganized body. 

Agreement  through  mutual 
giving  up. 

An  uprising  of  individuals 
against  a  law  or  govern- 
ment. 

A  union  of  states. 

An  extended  insurrection. 

Act  of  exploring  for  discovery. 

The  finding  of  something 
previously  unknown. 

Act  of  planting  a  colony. 

Pertaining  to  a  colony. 

The  act  of  levying  taxes. 

The  act  of  acting  for  others. 

The  excitement  of  discontent 
against  the  government. 

A  formal  statement. 

Agreements  between  nations. 

Reference  of  disagreements  to 
persons  chosen  for  the 
purpose. 

Those  owing  allegiance  to 
another  state. 

Pertaining  to  the  people. 

Mode  or  system  of  governing; 
the  governing  body. 

Pertaining  to  a  monarchy. 

An  authority  of  a  superior 
state  over  an  inferior  one. 


*Do  not  omit  the  n  in  the  second  syllable  either  in  spelling  or 
pronunciation. 

Common  Expressions 

taxation  without  representation    declaration  of  independence 
alien  and  sedition  law  democratic  government 


colonization      immigration      emigration      ultimatum 


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LESSON  74 
Words  Common  in  History 


revolution 


rgv'o  lu'tion 


boundaxies       boun'da  rie§ 
nullification     ntilZ'i  fi  ca'tion 
paxliamentary  par'lia  m^n'ta  ry 

Parliament       Par'lia  ment 


pioneer 
ordinance 
presidential 
continental 

amendment 
controversy 
annexation 


pi'o  neer' 
6r'di  nange 
preg'i  dSn'tial 
c5n'ti  ngn'tal 

a  mSnd'ment 
con'tro  ver'sy 
^n'nex  action 


secession  se  ^gs'sion 

emancipation  e  man'gi  pa'tion 
proclamation  prSc'la  ma'tion 
jurisdiction      ju'ris  dic'tion 


deliberative  de  lib'er  a  tive 

ratification  rat'i  fi  ca'tion 

alliance  slI  li'ange 

explorers  ex  plo'rers 

dependencies   de  pgn'den  gies 

Common  Expressions 
emancipation  proclamation  Continental  Congress 


The  overthrow  of  a  govern- 
ment. 
That  which  fixes  the  extent. 

Act  of  making  null,  or  void. 

Of   or   pertaining   to   Parha- 

ment. 
The     law-making     body     in 

England. 
One  who  goes  before. 

Any  public  enactment  or  law. 

Pertaining  to  the  President. 

Pertaining  to  all  the  American 

colonies. 
A  change  made  in  a  bill. 

A  difference;  a  quarrel. 

Act  of  connecting  territory; 

union. 
Withdrawal. 

Act  of  making  free. 

Pubhc  announcement. 

Power  to  exercise  control. 

Proceeding  by  discussion. 

Approval  and  sanction. 

A  union  of  nations. 

Those  making  a  search   for 

discovery. 
States  subject  to  another. 


ratification  of  the  treaty 
amendment  to  the  constitution 
dispute  over  boundaries 
ordinance  of  secession 
the  matter  in  controversy 


provincial  government 
presidential  election 
parliamentary  law 
jurisdiction  of  the  state 
deliberative  assembly 


coalition 


armistice 


territorial 


administration 


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Review 


necessary 

competitor 

telegrapher 

corridor 

contemporary 

thermometer 

arbitration 

rebellion 

aggressor 

literary 

protectorate 

revolution 

compromise 


particular 

proprietor 

hereditary 

declaration 

spectacular 

refrigerator 

confectionery 

passenger 

soUtary 

alien 

immigration 

colonial 

settlement 


emancipation 

satisfactory 

improper 

similar 

obligatory 

laborer 

decipher 

messenger 

lavatory 

operator 

democratic 

ratification 


deliberative 

predecessor 

proclamation 

valedictory 

colonization 

coroner 

prosecutor 

laboratory 

depositor 

emigration 

insurrection 

alliance 


league 

barons 

aristocracy 

reformation 

temporal 

absolute 


LESSON  76 
Words  Common  in  History 


league 
b3,r'on§ 
5,r'is  t6c'ra  ^y 
rSf 'or  ma'tion 
tgm'po  ral 
ab'so  lute 


declaratory  de  clar'a  to  ry 
guillotine    gwfl'Zo  tine 
sovereignty  s5v'er  ci^n  ty 
*medieval      me'di  eVal 
nobility       no  bfl'i  ty 
conqueror  c5i^'qt/er  or 
abdication  ab'di  ca'tion 
emperor       ^m'per  or 
regency        re'gen  gy 
supremacy  su  prgm'a  qy 


constitutional    c5n'sti  tu'tion  al 

commonwealth  c6m'mon  wealth' 

protestant  prSt'es  tant 

feudalism  feu'dal  i§m 

balance  baran9e 

Aristocracy,  a  government  by  the  best. 
Commonwealth,  those  constituting  the  state;  the  state. 
Feudalism,  a  state  of  society   wherein  relationship  between  classes 

was    based    upon    military    service  rendered  for  land. 
Abdication,  the  act  of  giving  up  authority  or  office. 

*There  is  another  spelling  of  this  word.     Look  it  up. 


civilization 


despotism 


radical 


conservative 


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^citizenship 

git'i  zen  ship 

electoral 

e  Igc'to  ral 

candidate 

c^n'di  date 

qualification 

quari  fi  ca'tion 

eligibility 

^Vi  gi  bil'i  ty 

suffrage 

suf'/rage 

municipal 

mil  nig'i  pal 

patent 

pat'ent 

levying 

Igv'y  ing 

invasion 

in  va'sion 

criminal 

-  crfm'i  nal 

civil 

giv'il 

LESSON  77 

Words  Common  in  Civics 

The  state  of  a  citizen. 

Pertaining  to  an  elector. 

One  running  for  an  office. 

That  which  fits  one  for  an  office. 

Fitness. 

The  right  to  vote. 

Pertaining  to  a  city. 

A   protective   guaranty    to    an 

inventor. 
Act  of  raising  or  collecting  taxes. 

Entering  of  a   country  by  its 

enemies. 
Pertaining  to  crime. 

Pertaining  to  the  state. 

naturalization  nat'u  ral  i  za'tion  The  process  by  which  ahens  are 

made  citizens. 

judiciary  ju  df  ci  (shi)  a  ry   The  system  of  courts  of  justice; 

the  judges  taken  collectively. 
To  take  a  case  to  a  higher  court. 

The  nation's  representative  to 
another  nation. 

A  government's  business  agent 
abroad. 

A  member  of  the  senate. 

apportionment  ap  por'tion  ment  The    act    of    dividing    in    just 

proportion. 
enumeration,     e  nu'mer  a'tion      The  act  of  numbering. 

militia  mi  If  tia  Organized  citizen  soldiers. 

Common  Expressions 

naturalization  papers  appellate  jurisdiction 

electoral  college  qualification  of  members 

levying  war  eligibility  of  the  candidate 

apportionment  of  representatives  municipal  ownership 
organize  the  militia  repel  invasion 


appeal 

Sip  peaV 

ambassador 

am  bas'sa  dor 

consul 

con'sul 

senator 

sSn'a  tor 

minister         plenipotentiary         attainder         appellate 


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Words  Common  in  Geography 


longitude 

tropical 

drainage 

rapids 

latitude 

equator 

islands 

surface 

continent 

fisheries 

altitude 

system 

meridian 

me  rid'i  an 

industrial 

in  diis'tri  al 

oceanic 

o'ce(she)an'ic 

navigable 

n^v'i  ga  ble 

peninsula 

pe  nin'su  la 

waterfalls 

wa'ter  faH§' 

isthmus 

is^A'mus 

cataracts 

cat'a  racts 

oasis 

0  a'sis 

whirlpool 

whirrpool' 

plateau 

pla  teau'  (to) 

coral 

cSr'al 

canal 

ca  nar 

volcanic 

vol  can'ic 

channel 

chan'nel 

isthmian 

isth'mi  an 

erosion 

e  ro'§ion 

parallels 

par'al  Zel3 

arid 

ar'id 

precipitous 

pre  9lp'i  tous 

temperate 

tgm'per  ate 

moisture 

mois'ture 

mountainous  moun'tain  ous  precipitation  pre  glp'i  ta'tion 

physical  phy§  i  cal         equatorial  e'qua  to'ri  al 

political  po  Ht'i  cal        climatic  cli  mat'ic 

commercial      com  mer'cial    geographical  ge'o  gr^ph'i  cal 

occupations      oc'cu  pa'tions  eruption  e  rtip'tion 

tributaries        trib'u  ta  rie§    temperature  t^m'per  a  ture 

Erosion,  the  wearing  away  of  land  by  running  water. 
Arid,  exhausted  of  moisture. 

Common  Expressions 


principal  tributaries 
mountainous  region 
volcanic  eruption 
precipitous  slope 
channel  deepened  by  erosion 
average  temperature 
principal  meridian 
climatic  conditions 
center  of  population 


isthmian  canal 

parallels  of  latitude 

temperate  climate 

coral  islands 

navigable  stream 

arid  plateau 

an  oasis  in  the  desert 

annual  precipitation  of  moisture 

mineral  deposits 


mineral 


population 


subterranean 


praurie 


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Words  Common  in  Mathematics 

divisor  decimals        numerator  subtrahend 

multiple  dividend         denominator  numeration: 

factoring  commission  multiplying  quotient 

multiplier  minuend        brokerage  remainder 

evolution  6v'o  lu'tion      substitution  siib'sti  tu'tion 

equivalent  e  quiv'a  lent    comparison  com  p3,r'i  son 

involution  In'vo  lu'tion     diameter  di  am'e  ter 

multiplicand  mtil'ti  pli  cand'  theorem  the'o  rem 

solution  so  lu'tion         hjrpothesis  hy  p6th'e  sis 

proportion  pro  por'tion     quadrilateral  quad'ri  lat'er^^^ 

radius  ra'di  us  axiom  ax'i/Om 

addends  ad'dendg  corollary  c5r'oZ  la  ry 

exponent  ex  po'nent        octagon  6c'ta  gon 

coefficient  co'e/  fl'cient     diagonal  di  ag'o  nal 

simultaneous  sT'mul  ta'ne  ous  perpendicular  per'pen  dic'u  lar 

equation  e  qua'tion        magnitude  mSg'ni  tude 

transposition  trans'po  si'tion  isosceles  i  s6s'ce  les 

quadratics  quad  r^t'ics      equilateral  e'qui  lat'er  al 

elimination  e  Hm'i  na'tion  rectangular  rec  ta^'gu  lar 

Common  Expressions 

greatest  common  divisor  elimination  by  substitution 

least  common  multiple  exponent  of  the  power 

rectangular  prism  coefficient  of  the  product 

corollary  to  the  proposition  isosceles  triangle 

literal  factors  transposition  of  terms 

perpendicular  to  the  base  allowance  for  brokerage 

ratio  and  proportion  simultaneous  quadratics 


scholium      parallelopipedon       spherical       hypotenuse 


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LESSON  80 

. 

Spelling  Down  List 

description 

protectorate 

drudgery 

conscientious 

incorruptible 

militia 

obligation 

eloquence 

candidate 

reformation 

suffrage 

contagious 

precious 

territorial 

competitor 

frivolous 

contiguous 

revolution 

surrender 

dissatisfaction 

accumulation 

balance 

literary 

collision 

admissible 

isthmian 

democratic 

instantaneous 

promiscuous 

population 

continental 

significance 

corporation 

levying 

ambassador 

operator 

occasion 

delirious 

presidential 

simultaneous 

propitious 

expiration 

aliens 

■   satisfactory 

humiliation 

eligible 

sovereignty 

colonial 

commodious 

extemporaneous 

electoral 

declaration 

preposterous 

supercilious 

tyranny 

conservative 

brilliance 

gratuitous 

appellate 

prosecutor 

formidable 

decision 

tributaries 

spherical 

nutritious 

bounteous 

Hteral 

derogatory 

arbitration 

discernible 

ignominious 

immigration 

prominence 

competence 

mechanician 

alliance 

discrepancy 

guillotine 

cautious 

emperor 

passenger 

dissipation 

conspicuous 

supremacy 

controversy- 

maintenance 

laboratory 

municipal 

itinerary 

condescension 

cooperation 

representative 

depositor 

maHcious 

registration 

commercial 

refrigerator 

ostensible 

incorrigible 

equivalent 

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LESSON  81 
Electrical  Terms 


magnetic 

insulation 

negative 

positive 

ohm 

resistance 

cathode 

anode 

galvanism 

galvanic 

watt 

kilowatt 

electrode 

polarity 

alternating 

generator 

transmitter 

battery 

potential 
transformer 

condenser 


mag  nSt'ic 

In'su  la'tion 

nSg'a  live 

p5s  i  tive 

ohm. 

re  §is'tange 

c^th'ode 

an'ode 

gai'va  nism 
gal  va,n'ic 
wat^ 

kil'o  wat^ 
e  iSc'trode 

po  l^r'i  ty 

Sorter  nat'ing 
gSn'er  a  tor 
trans  mit'ier 

b2,t'^er  y 

po  ten'tial 
trans  for'mer 

con  dgn'ser 


Like  a  magnet. 

Prevention  of  transfer  of  electric- 
ity. 

The  pole  toward  which  the 
electric  current  flows. 

The  opposite  of  negative. 

The  unit  of  electrical  resistance. 

Opposition  offered  to  the  passage 
of  electricity  through  a  sub- 
stance. 

The  negative  terminal  of  an 
electric  source. 

The  positive  terminal  of  an 
electric  source. 

Current  electricity. 

Of  the  nature  of  galvanism. 
A  unit  of  electric  power. 
One  thousand  watts. 

An  effect  produced  on  the 
electrodes  of  a  cell  by  the 
gases  freed  by  the  current. 

Either  terminal  of  an  electric 
source. 

Changing  about  periodically. 

A  large  dynamo. 

That  portion  of  a  telephone  or 
telegraph  by  means  of  which 
a  message  is  sent. 

An  apparatus  which  generates 
electricity. 

Degree  of  electrification. 

An  apparatus  for  changing  the 
potential  of  an  electric  cur- 
rent. 

That  which  concentrates  elec- 
tricity. 


incandescent         tungsten         electrolysis         armature 


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static 

commutator 

receiver 

ampere 
rheostat 

circuit 

shunt 

installation 

thermostat 

magnetism 

magnetized 

cut-out 

regulator 

controller 

solenoid 

induction 

conduit 
joule 

demagnetized 
electrification 
electroplate 


LESSON  82 
Electrical  Terms 
stat'ic 

com'mu  ta'tor 

re  geiVev 


am  pere' 
rhe'o  stat 

yir'ewit 

shtint 

in'staZ  la'tion 

ther'mo  stat 
mag'net  i§m 
ma.g'net  ized 
ctit'-out' 
reg'u  la'tor 

con  trorZer 

so'le  noid 

in  dtic'tion 

con'dwit 
joule 

de  mag'net  ized 
e  I6c'trif  i  ca'tion 
e  iSc'tro  plate 


Kind  of  electricity  produced  by- 
rubbing. 

An  appliance  which  reverses  the 
electric  current. 

The  part  of  a  telephone  or 
telegraph  that  converts  elec- 
tric currents  into  signals 
or  sounds. 

The  unit  of  electrical  ciurent. 

A  contrivance  which  regulates 
the  electrical  current. 

The  complete  path  of  an  elec- 
trical current. 

A  conductor  which  regulates  the 
current. 

The  setting  up  of  an  electric 
sj^stem. 

An  alarm  operated  by  electricity. 

State  of  being  Uke  a  magnet. 
Converted  into  a  magnet. 
A  circuit  breaker. 

A     device     for     controlling     a 

dynamo. 
A     device     for     controlling     a 

circuit. 
A  system  of  circuits  about  an 

axis. 
The  act  by  which  a  conductor 

becomes  itself  electrified. 
A  tube  for  protecting  wu-es. 

The  energy  expended  in  one 
second  by  an  electric  current 
of  one  ampere  in  a  resistance 
of  one  ohm. 

Freed  from  magnetic  qualities. 

Act  of  charging  with  electricity. 

To  cover  with  metal  by  means 
of  electrolysis. 


relay 


rotor 


volt 


dynamo 


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radiation 

ra'di  a'tion 

refraction 

re  frac'tion 

pressure 

prgs'sure  (shur) 

ductility 

due  tfl'i  ty 

gravity 

grav'i  ty 

velocity 

ve  165'i  ty 

acceleration 

ac  ggl'er  a'tion 

volume 

vSrume 

niecha,iiics 

me  c/ian'ics 

dynamics 

dy  nSjn'ics 

convection 

con  vgc'tion 

vibration 

vi  bra'tion 

rapidity 

ra  pid'i  ty 

pendulum 

pgn'du  lum 

displacement  dis  plage'ment 

spectrum 

spSc'trum 

optics 

5p'tics 

rotary 

ro'ta  ry 

siphon 

si'phon 

prism 

prfgm 

density 

dgn'si  ty 

LESSON  83 
Words  Common  in  Physics 

The    sending    out    of    rays    ot 

light  or  heat. 
The  bending  of  a  ray  by  passing 

through  different  mediums. 
The  action  of  a  force  against  an 

opposing  force. 
Capabihty  of  being  drawn  out, 

as  into  a  mre  or  thread. 
The    attraction    by    which    all 

bodies    tend    toward    each 

other. 
Time  rate  of  motion. 

Change  of  velocity. 

The  space  occupied. 

The  science  which  treats  of  the 

action  of  forces  on  bodies. 
A  branch  of  mechanics  which 

treats    of    the    motion    of 

bodies. 
A   process    of    transmission    of 

heat. 
A  periodic  motion  of  the  particles 

of  an  elastic  body. 
Swiftness. 

A  body  so  hung  as  to  swing 
freely. 

The  volume  of  a  fluid  displaced 
by  a  floating  body. 

The  image  formed  by  the  dis- 
persed rays  of  a  beam  of 
hght. 

The  science  of  light. 

Turning,  as  a  wheel. 

A  bent  tube  with  two  unequal 

legs. 
A  solid  with  equal  bases  and  rec- 

tangiilar  faces. 
The  ratio  of  mass  to  volume. 


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Modern  Inventions  and  Discoveries 


A  fireproof  material  used  for 
clothing,  roofing,  curtains, 
etc. 

A  rotary  motor. 

A  valuable  metallic  element. 
A  mechanical  piano  player. 

A    torpedo    boat    used    under 

water. 
A    substance    which    destroys 

bacteria. 
A  flying  machine. 

A  mineral  noted  for  its  Hghtness. 

A  bicycle  with  a  motor  attached. 

An  instrument  which  registers 

earthquake  shocks. 
A  form  of  magic  lantern. 

pasteurization  pSs'teur  i  za'tion     A  process  of  checking  fermenta- 
tion. 


asbestos 

turbine 

radium 

pianola 

submarine 

antiseptic 

aeroplane 

aluminum 

motorcycle 


as  bSs'tos 

tiir'bine 
ra'di  um 
pi  a  no'la 
stib'ma  rine' 
S-n'ti  s^p'tic 
a'e  ro  plane 
a  lu'mi  num 
mo'tor  gy'cle 


seismograph     sels'mo  graph 
stereopticon     siSr'e  6p'ti  con 


automobile 

asphalt 

acetylene 


aw'to  mo'bile  or 
aw'to  mo  bile' 
3^'phalt 

a  96t'y  lene 


smokeless  powder 
vacuum  cleaner 
liquid  air 
gas  engines 
iireless  cooker 
skyscrapers 
power  elevators 
smoke  consumer 


A  self-propelled  vehicle. 

A  composition  used  for  paving. 

A  colorless  compound  of  hydro- 
gen and  carbon  used  for 
lighting. 

wireless  telegraphy 

safety  matches 
pneumatic  tires 
storage  batteries 
block  signals 
harvester 
adding  machines 
ball  bearings 


dreadnaught       dictograph      hydroplane       gas  mantle 


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T.ESSON  85 

Review 

potential 

dynamics 

circuit 

joule 

conduit 

magnetism 

incandescent 

optics 

electroplate 

rotor 

siphon 

stereopticon 

gravity 

rapidity 

caloric 

resistance 

oscillation 

tungsten 

pasteurization 

controller 

aluminum 

spectrum 

kilowatt 

density 

galvanic 

displacement 

asbestos 

acetylene 

mechanics 

generator 

receiver 

asphalt 

velocity 

rotary 

pendulum 

armature 

condenser 

pneumatic 

ohm 

telegraphy 

vibration 

alternating 

regulator 

elevators 

thermostat 

installation 

automobile 

antiseptic 

turbine 

vacuum 

LESSON  86 

Commercial  Raw  Materials 

tapioca 

tap'i  o'ca 

millet 

mn'Zet 

mustard 

miis'tard 

platinum 

pliit'i  num 

pepper 

pgp'per 

borax 

bo'rax 

cotton 

cSt'^on 

sulphur 

stirphur 

caraway 

c^r'a  wmj 

petroleum 

pe  tro'le  um 

nutmeg 

niit'meg 

graphite 

graph'ite 

cinnamon 

gin'na  mon 

granite 

gran'ite 

ginger 

gin'ger 

nickel 

nlck'el 

tobacco 

to  b^c'co 

mercury 

mer'cu  ry 

bamboo 

bam  boo' 

turpentine 

tur'pen  tine 

Millet,  a  grass  used  for  fodder;  the  seed  is  used  as  food  for  mam 
and  birds. 

Platinum,  a  heavy,  white,  metallic  element  not  easily  melted. 
Graphite,  native  carbon,  used  for  pencils. 
Nickel,  a  hard,  metallic  element  of  the  iron  group. 
Mercury,  a  heavy,  silver- white,  liquid,  metallic  element. 


gutta-percha    caoutchouc    gum  tragacanth    gum  arabic 


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Persons  in  Trades,  Occupations,  and  Professions. 

contractor  con  trac'tor  architect  arc/i'i  tect 

engineer  Sn'gi  neer'  oculist  6c'u  list 

printer  prin'ter  accompanist  ac  com'pa  nist 

plumber  pltim6'er  surgeon  stir'geon 

carpenter  car'pen  ter  dentist  dgn'tist 

veterinary  v^t'er  in  a  ry  clergsrman  cler'gy  man 

salesman  saleg'man  librarian  li  bra'ri  an 

auctioneer  awc'tion  eer'  journalist  joiir'nal  ist 

reporter  re  por'ter  sculptor  sctilp'tor 

gardener  gar'den  er  lawyer  lait;'yer 

draftsman  drafts'man  doctor  d5c'tor 

merchant  mer'chant  physician  phy  §i'cian 

seamstress  seam'stress  editor  6d'i  tor 

milliner  mll'Zi  ner  teacher  teach'er 

machinist  ma  ghin'ist  minister  min'is  ter 

tailor  tairor  scientist  scl'en  tist 

jeweler  jew'el  er  artist  ar'tist 

compositor  com  p6§'i  tor  advertiser  ad'ver  tJ'§er 

typesetter  type's6t7er  author  aw'thor 

shoemaker  shoe'mak'er  chiropractor  c/ii'ro  prSc'tor 

chauffeur  chau/'(sho)fewr'  osteopathist  6s'te  5p'a  thist 

stenographer  ste  nSg'ra  pher  pianist  pi  an'ist 

masseuse  mas'seij§e'  electrician  e'lec  tri'cian 

optician  optX'cian  chemist  c^gm'ist 

amanuensis  a  man'u  Sn'sis  manufacturer  mSn'u  fac'tu  rer 

Veterinary,  one  who  treats  diseases  of  animals. 

Chauffeur,  an  automobile  driver. 

Masseuse,  a  woman  who  practices  massage,  or  rubbing. 

Amanuensis,  one  writing  for  another. 

Optician,  one  who  fits  eye-glasses. 

Oculist,  one  who  treats  diseases  of  the  eye. 

Chiropractor,  one  who  cures  disease  by  adjusting  the  spine. 

Osteopathist,  one  who  practices  osteopathy. 

Draftsman,  one  who  draws  plans  of  machinery  and  structures. 


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LESSON  88 
Words  Common  in  the  Printing  Office 


supplement 

dummy 

glossary 

calendered 

electrotype 

magazine 

periodical 

emboss 

halftone 

composition 

foreman 

pressman 

paragraph 

proof  reader 

linotype 

monotype 

illustration 

engraving 

copyright 

ream 

quire 

editorial 

matrix 


stip'ple  ment 
dtim'my 
glos'sa  ry 
cai'en  dered 
e  16c'tro  type 
mSg'a  zine' 
pe'ri  6d'i  cal 
em  b5ss' 
halftone' 
c5m'po  §i'tion 
fore'man 
prSss'man 
p3.r'a  graph 
proof  read'er 
lin'o  type 
m6n'o  type 
il7us  tra'tion 
en  grav'ing 
c5p'y  right' 
ream 
quire 

6d'i  to'ri  al 
ma'trix 


vignette  vign  ette' 

subscription      sub  scrip'tion 
circulation         gir'cu  la'tion 
advertisement  ad'ver  ti§e'ment 


alphabet 

font 

chase 

pica 

bourgeois 

roman 

italic 

bold-faced 

indentation 

woodcut 

weekly 

etching 

impression 

edition 


arpha  bet 

f6nt 

chase 

pi'ca 

bour  geois' 

ro'man 

1  tai'ic 

bold'-faged' 

in'den  ta'tion 

wood'cut' 

week'ly 

g^ch'ing 

im  prgs'sion 

e  dftion 


editor-in-chief  ed'i  tor-in-chief 
publication        pdb'li  ca'tion 
leaders  lead'er§ 

subscriber  sub  scrib'er 

contribution     cSn'tri  bu'tion 


Dummy,  a  set  of  proof  sheets  made  up  in  order. 

Electrotype,  a  printing  plate  made  by  coating  a  wax  impression 
with  copper  by  an  electrical  process. 

Emboss,  to  raise  in  relief  from  the  surface  of  the  paper. 

Linotype,  a  machine  by  which  a  line  of  type  is  set  at  one  time. 

Monotype,  a  machine  setting  a  letter  at  a  time. 

Matrix,  a  copper  plate  formed  to  mold  the  face  of  a  type. 

Vignette,  a  picture  shading  off  into  the  background. 

Chase,  an  iron  frame  in  which  pages  are  fastened  for  printing 
or  making  plates. 


bulletin     supercalendered     frontispiece     contributor 


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LESSON  89 
Words  Common  in  Farming 


cereals 

^e're  al§ 

threshing 

thrSsh'ing 

implement 

!m'ple  ment 

shredder 

shrgd'cZer 

tiling 

til'ing 

acidity 

a  ^Id'i  ty 

humus 

hu'mus 

agriculture 

Sg'ri  cQl'ture 

husbandry 

htig'band  ry 

tillage 

tn'Zage 

quarry 

quarVy 

cultivator 

ctirti  va'tor 

boggy 

b6gVy 

fertilize 

f  er'til  ize 

meadow 

mSad'oiy 

fertility 

f er  tn'i  ty 

harrow 

Mr'row 

poultry 

powl'try 

alfalfa 

al  f  ai'fa 

vegetable 

v6g'e  ta  ble 

timothy 

tlfm'o  thy 

Comm 

corn  shredder 
threshing  machine 
increase  the  fertility- 
acidity  of  the  soil 
vegetable  garden 

horticulture         creac 

The  grains  used  for  food. 

The  separation  of  the  seed  from 

the  husk. 
An  instrument  used  for  a  given 

work. 
A  machine  for  cutting  up  com. 

Pipes  used  for  drainage. 

Sourness  (said  of  soil). 

Soil  formed  by  decayed  vegetable 

matter. 
The  science  of  farming. 

Farming. 

The  cultivation  of  the  soil. 

An    open    place    where    building 

stone  is  obtained. 
An  implement  for  removing  weeds. 

Containing  bogs;  swampy. 

To  apply  fertilizers. 

Grass  land. 

The  quality  of  bearing  well. 

A  drag-like  machine  used  to  level 

land  and  break  up  the  clods. 
All  domestic  fowls. 

A  clover-like  plant  used  for  fodder. 

Any  plant  cultivated  for  food. 

A  grass  used  for  hay. 


animal  husbandry 
poultry  show 
timothy  hay 
fertilize  with  manure 
boggy  land 


silage 


fertilizer 


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ESSON  90 
Review 

sulphur 

journalist 

oculist 

salesman 

machinist 

compositor 

vignette 

turpentine 

contributor 

petroleum 

nickel 

editorial 

advertisement 

circulation 

clergyman 

librarian 

stenographer 

shredder 

copyright 

bourgeois 

bulletin 

gutta-percha 

electrician 

poultry 

surgeon 

supplement 

editor 

granite 

cinnamon 

cereals 

quarry 

vegetable 

architect 

tiling 

manufacturer 

acidity 

]  paragraph 
fertility 

frontispiece 

mustard 

mercury 

scientist 

subscription 

accompanist 

silage 

tapioca 

fertilizer 

humus 

illustration 

granary 

LESSON  91 
Words  Common  in  the  Lumber  Business 


casings 

castings 

Cottonwood 

cot'ton  wood' 

basswood 

bass' wood' 

flooring 

floor'ing 

chestnut 

chgs^'nut 

clapboards 

clap'board§ 

lintel 

Kn'tel 

shingles 

shli;'gle§ 

cypress 

gy'press 

planed 

planed 

cedar 

ge'dar 

quartered 

quar'tered 

tapering 

tamper  ing 

hickory 

hic/c'o  ry 

mahogany 

ma  hSg'a  ny 

poplar 

pop'lar 

logging 

iSg'^ing 

walnut 

waFnut 

cross-graine( 

i   crSss'-gramed' 

veneer 

ve  neer' 

Lintel,  a  horizontal  piece  over  an  opening. 

Clapboards,  narrow  boards  thicker  at  one  edge  than  at  the  other. 
Veneer,  any  wood  or  other  material  used  to  overlay  a  cheaper  one. 
Astragal,  a  small  convex  molding. 


grooved 


batten 


culls 


mullion 


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LESSON  92 

Railroad  Service 


transportation  trans'por  taction 
freight  freight 

passenger 


drayage 
shipment 

carrier 
locomotive 


caboose 


signals 
switch 


semaphore 

throttle 

engine 

baggage 

accident 

brakeman 

collision 


pas  sen  ger 

dmi/sige 
ship'ment  ' 

car'ri  er 
lo'co  mo'tive 


coupler  cotip'ler 

depot  de'po^ 

dispatcher        dis  pa^ch'er 


telegraph  tgl'e  graph 


ca  boose' 


slg'nalg 
switch 


s6m'a  phore 

thrSt'^le 

gn'gine 
bag'^age 
ac'gi  dent 
brake'man 
col  ir§ion 


Act  of  carrying. 

Any  load;  a  kind  of  train  that 

carries  goods. 
One  who  travels  by  train,  coach, 

or  other  public  conveyance. 
The  charge  for  the  draying. 
The  act  of  shipping  goods;   the 

goods  shipped. 
One  who  or  that  which  carries. 
A    self-propelling    wheel    carriage 

used   to  carry  goods  or  pas- 
sengers. 
A  device  for  connecting  cars. 
A  railway  station;  a  storehouse. 
The  official  who  gives  the  orders  as 

to  departure  of  trains  and  their 

right  of  way. 
An  apparatus  for  communicating 

between     distant     points     by 

signals  transmitted  over  a  wire 

by  electricity. 
A  car  accompanying  a  freight  train, 

used  for  worlonen,  brakemen, 

etc. 
A  sign  of  danger  or  command. 
A  movable  rail  or  rails  over  which 

cars   run   from   one   track    to 

another. 
A   device   for   giving   signals    by 

means  of  lanterns  or  flags. 
The  valve  regulating  the  supply  of 

steam. 
A  machine  producing  power. 
The  trunks,  etc.  of  a  traveler. 
A  sudden  and  unexpected  event. 
One  in  charge  of  the  brakes. 
A  violent  meeting. 


Common  Expressions 
head-on  collision  passenger  depot 

telegraph  operator  train  dispatcher 


common  carrier 


transit 


viaduct 


piston 


cylinder 


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Railroad  Service 

merchandise    mer'chan  dise      Goods. 

specifications   speg'i  fi  ca'tiong  An  enumeration  of  particulars. 

perishable         pSr'ish  a  ble         Liable  to  decay. 

telegram  t^l'e  gram  A  message  by  telegraph. 

duplicate  du'pli  cate  An  exact  copy. 

vestibuled         v6s'ti  buled  Having  an  inclosed  entrance. 

voucher  vouch'er  A  receipt  showing  payment  of  a 

debt;  any  document  evidencing 

a  transaction. 
claimant  claim'ant  One  who  puts  in  a  claim. 

waybill  way'hill  A    document    containing    a    de- 

scription of  and  shipping  direc- 
tions for  goods. 

delivery  de  llv'er  y  Completed  transfer  from  one  to 

another. 

damages  dam'a  ges  Money  paid  for  injuries. 

fireman  fire'man  One  who  attends  to  the  fire  in  a 

locomotive. 
breakage  break'age  An  allowance  for  things  broken. 

schedule  sch&d'xile  A  formal  list. 

time-table        time-table  A    schedule    showing    times    of 

arriving  and  leaving  of  trains 
at  different  stations. 

accommodation  ac  com'wzo  da'tion  A  train  stopping  at  all  stations. 

accidental         2,c'gi  d^n'tal         Happening  by  chance. 

conmautation  c6m'mu  taction    Act  of  paying  in  gross  instead  of 

part  at  a  time. 
switchman        swi^ch'man  One  who  tends  switches. 

telegraphic       t^l'e  grSph'ic        Pertaining  to  telegraphy. 

watered  w^a'tered  Said  of  stock  when  capitalization 

is  increased  with  nothing  back 
of  it. 


Common  Expressions 

on  schedule  time  vestibuled  car 

commutation  ticket  perishable  goods 

accommodation  train  certificate  of  stock 


differential        gondola        demurrage        commuter 


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LESSON  94 

Principal  Railroads  of  the  United  States 

.Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  F6  (the  Sante  F<5) .  A.  T.  &  S.  F. 

Atlantic  Coast  Line A.  C.  L. 

Baltimore  &  Ohio B.  &  O. 

Boston  &  Albany B.  &  A. 

Canadian  Pacific C.  P. 

Chesapeake  &  Ohio C.  &  O. 

Chicago  &  Alton  (the  Alton) C.  &  A. 

Chicago&North  Western  (the North  Western)C.  &  N.  W. 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  (the  Burlington 

or  the  ''Q") C.  B.  &  Q. 

Chicago  Great  Western  (the  Great  Western) .  C.  G.  W. 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  (the  Mil- 
waukee or  the  St.  Paul) C.  M.  &  St.  P. 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  (the  Rock 

Island) : .C.  R.  I.  &  P. 

Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis 

(the  Big  Four) C.  C.  C.  &  St.  L. 

Delaware  &  Hudson D.  &  H. 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western D.  L.  &  W. 

Denver  &  Rio  Grande      (the  Rio  Grande) .  .  D.  &  R.  G. 

Erie Erie. 

Grand  Trunk G.  T. 

Great  Northern G.N. 

lUinois  Central I.  C. 

Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  (the  Lake 

Shore) L.  S.  &  M.  S. 

Lehigh  Valley L.  V. 

Louisville  &  Nashville L.  &  N. 

Michigan  Central M.  C. 

MinneapoHs,  St.  Paul  &  Sault  Ste.  Marie, 

(the  Soo  Line) M.,  St.  P.  &  S.  S.  M. 

New  York,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  R.  R.  (the 

Nickel  Plate) N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L. 

New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H. 

New  York,  Ontario  &  Western N.  Y.,  O.  &  W. 

Northern  Pacific N.  P. 

Pennsylvania Penn. 

Philadelphia  &  Reading P.  &  R. 

Southern Southern. 

Southern  Pacific S.  P. 

Union  Pacific U.  P. 


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LESSON  95 

Review 

veneer 

claimant 

accidental 

Ontario 

Minneapolis 

damages 

telegraphic 

interurban 

telegram 

Illinois 

Michigan 

caboose 

accommodation  locomotive 

lintel 

Rio  Grande 

logging 

clapboards 

dispatcher 

Chesapeake 

perishable 

Sault  Ste.  Marie  passenger 

Lehigh 

semaphore 

schedule 

carrier 

chestnut 

commuter 

throttle 

Santa  Fe 

drayage 

baggage 

Lackawanna 

switchman 

Rock  Island 

Delaware 

duplicate 

signals 

Milwaukee 

mahogany 

cross-grained 

Albany 

freight 

Pennsylvania      Pacific 

collision 

Philadelphia 

concession 

Canadian 

LESSON  96 

Words  Common  in  Horticulture 

pruning 

prun'ing 

orange 

Sr'ange 

raspberry 

ra§7)'(or  ra§)  ber 

ry     seedling 

seed'hng 

grafting 

grafting 

blight 

blight 

scion 

sci'on 

blossoms 

bl6s'som§ 

gooseberry 

goose'ber  ry 

biennial 

bi  gn'ni  al 

nursery 

nfir'se  ry 

navel 

na'vel 

sapling 

s^p'ling 

staminate 

stam'i  nate 

spraying 

spra2/'ing 

pistillate 

pis'til  Zate 

lemon 

Igm'on 

barren 

barVen 

grapefruit 

grape'fru^t 

fragrant 

fra'grant 

citron 

git'ron 

Grafting,  an  inserting  of  buds  from  one  plant  on  another  so  as 
to  produce  a  lasting  union. 

Scion,  the  bud  or  branch  grafted. 

Navel,  a  kind  of  orange,  usually  seedless. 

Staminate,  having  stamens,  but  not  pistils  (said  of  flowers). 

Pistillate,  having  pistils,  but  not  stamens  (said  of  flowers). 


Bordeaux  (mixture)       tamarind       apricot      tangerine 


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LESSON  97 
Clothing  and  Materials 


suspenders 
petticoat 
trousers 
blazer 
sweater 
raglan 
cravenette 
collar 
chemise 
tunic 
fichu 
jabot 
lingerie 
bodice 
surplice 
cravat 
necktie 
pantaloons 
knicker- 
bockers 
waistcoat 
overcoat 
ulster 
chemisette 


sus  p6n'der§ 
pgt'ii  eoat 
trou'serg 
bla'zer 
swSat'er 
rSg'lan 
craVen  ette' 
cSrZar 
ghe  m'ise' 
tu'nic 
figh'u 

ja  (zha)  bo^' 
*iaN'zhe  n'e' 
bSd'ige 
stir'pliQe 
era  vat' 
n6cA;'tie' 
pan'ta  loons' 


alpaca 

grenadine 

broadcloth 

buckram 

velveteen 

Silesia 

foulard 

messaline 

astrakhan 

serge 

cheviot 

chiffon 

brocades 

cambric 

nainsook 

dimity 

organdie  or 

organdy 

gingham 

percale 

sateen 

taffeta 

cretonne 


al  pac'a 
grgn'a  dine 
brSad'cloth 
btick'ram 
vgl'vet  een' 
si  le'sia 
fou  lard' 
mgs'sa  line' 
as'tra  k/?an 
serge 
9h6v'i  ot 
9hi/  f  6n' 
bro  cadeg' 
cam'bric 
nam'sook 
dim'i  ty 
or'gan  die 


ging'/iam 

per  cale' 

sa  teen' 

taf'/e  ta 

ere  t6nne' 


knick^er  b6cA;'ers 
wa^st'coat 
o'ver  coat' 
til'ster 
gh^m'i  §6t^e 

Bodice,  a  kind  of  underwaist. 

Raglan,  a  loose  overcoat  with  long  sleeves. 

Cravenette,  a  water-proof  cloth  used  for  rain  coats. 

Jabot,  plaited  lace  and  muslin  worn  at  the  neck. 

Lingerie,  linen  underwear. 

Surplice,  a  style  of  waist  in  which  one  side  of  the  front  laps 
across  the  other. 

Fichu,  a  cape-like  piece  of  neckwear  made  of  lace  or  muslin. 

Chemisette,  a  sleeveless  bodice. 

*N  marked  thus,  n,  denotes  a  nasal  sound  of  the  preceding 
vowel,  but  is  not  itself  sounded. 


trousseau 


khaki 


balbriggan 


guimpe 


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Words  Common  in  the  Grocery 


almonds 

armond§ 

spaghetti 

spa  ghM'ti 

biscuit 

bis'cwit 

essence 

fis'senye 

preserves 

pre  §erve§ 

oleomargarine  o'le  o  mar'ga  rine 

pineapple 

pine'ap'ple 

cottolene 

c6Vto  lene 

halibut 

hal'i  but 

wafers 

wa'fer§ 

cabbage 

cab'6age 

cucumbers 

cu'cum  berg 

chocolate 

chSc'o  late 

radishes 

rUd'ish  es 

cocoa 

co'co  a 

turnips 

tur'nips 

cauliflower 

cawl'i  flow'er 

rutabagas 

ru'ta  ba'gas 

saleratus 

sarer  a'tus 

kohl-rabi 

kohV-m'hi 

macaroons 

mac'a  rdon§' 

pickles 

picA;'le§ 

macaroni 

mac 'a  ro'ni 

onions 

on'ions  (yon§) 

kerosene 

kgr'o  sene' 

olives 

5rive§ 

sardines 

sar  dme§' 

bluing 

blu'ing 

sorghum 

sor'g/ium 

celery 

gSrer  y 

molasses 

mo  las'seg 

pimento 

pi  mSn'to 

oysters 

oys'ter§ 

catchup  or 

catch'up 

allspice 

airspige' 

catsup 

cat'sup 

vanilla 
salmon 

va  nil'i^a 
saZm'on 

asparagus 
mushrooms 

as  p^r'a  gus 
mtish'roomg 

indigo 

in'di  go 

Graham 

Gra'ham 

syrup 
lettuce 

s5^r  up 
mt'tuce  (is) 

crockery 
cranberries 

crSc/c'er  y 
cran'ber  ries 

Macaroons,   small  cakes  made  of  whites  of  eggs,   sugar,  and 
almonds. 

Graham,  unbolted  wheat  flour. 

Spaghetti,  a  kind  of  macaroni  made  in  smaller  tubes. 

Oleomargarine,  a  substitute  for  butter. 

Cottolene,  a  substitute  for  lard. 

Rutabagas,  Swedish  turnips. 

Kohl-rabi,  a  kind  of  cabbage  with  turnip-like  grov/th  in  the 
center. 

Pimento,  allspice;  a  kind  of  red  pepper. 

gherkins  chowchow 


paraffin  (two  spellings) 


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LESSON  99 
Words  Common  in  the  Hardware  Business 


galvanized 

gal'va  nized 

percolator 

per'co  la'tor 

wrenches 

i^r6nch'e§ 

staple 

sta'ple 

levers 

Ie'(or  I6v)  er§ 

grater 

gra'ter 

barbed 

barbed 

pliers 

pli'er§ 

roofing 

roofing 

kettle 

UVtle 

revolver 

re  v^l'ver 

screens 

screen§ 

rifle 

ri'fle 

hinges 

hin'ge§ 

pistol 

pis'tol 

razor 

ra'zor 

andirons 

and'i'rons  (urn§) 

flatiron 

fiat'rron  (urn) 

ventilator 

v6n'ti  la'tor 

socket 

sSck'et 

corkscrew 

cork'screw 

bicycle 

bi'gy  cle 

sprinkler 

spriijk'ler 

fixtures 

fix'ture§ 

scissors 

sd§'sor§ 

casters  or 

cast'erg 

shears 

shear§ 

castors 

wringer 

WJring'er 

colander 

coran  der 

spittoon 

spi^  toon' 

bracket 

brack'et 

ferule 

fgr'ule 

extinguisher  ex  tii^'guish  er 

emery 

Sm'er  y 

funnel 

fun'nel 

trigger 

trlg'^er 

hatchet 

ha/ch'et 

forceps 

for'geps 

couplings 

cotip'ling§ 

griddle 

grid'i^lg 

polish 

pQl'ish 

padlock 

pad'lock 

racket  or 

gimlet 

gimlet 

racquet 

rack'et 

varnishes 

var'nish  e§ 

toaster 

toast'er 

Andirons,  supports  for  wood  in  a  fireplace. 

Percolator,  a  kind  of  coffee  pot. 

Pliers,  a  tool  for  bending  or  cutting  wire. 

Caster,  a  small  wheel  on  a  swivel. 

Colander,  a  utensil  with  small  holes  in  the  bottom  for  straining. 

Forceps,  an  instrument  Hke  tongs  used  for  grasping  and  holding 
firmly. 

Racket,  a  bent  strip  of  wood  with  a  network  of  cord  used  in 
playing  tennis. 


transom 


caliper 


perforated 


jute 


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LESSON  100 

Spelling 

Down  List 

alternating 

accident 

contributor 

depot 

magnetism 

commuter 

quarry 

resistance 

pendulum 

Canadian 

acidity 

displacement 

motorcycle 

dimity 

planed 

controller 

tobacco 

vestibuled 

freight 

acetylene 

Cincinnati 

taffeta 

alpaca 

bamboo 

subscriber 

tamarind 

piston 

optician 

cottolene 

asparagus 

concession 

bulletin 

physician 

circuit 

damages 

fertility 

stereopticon 

dynamo 

Atchison 

schedule 

incandescent 

acceleration 

fragrant 

cedar 

oscillation 

asphalt 

specifications 

coupler 

pasteurization 

potential 

kerosene 

percale 

oculist 

thermostat 

Chesapeake 

humus 

shredder 

journalist 

gingham 

poplar 

timothy 

copyright 

trousseau 

cylinder 

logging 

silage 

hydraulics 

accommodation 

auctioneer 

Colorado 

regulator 

Quincy 

Bordeaux 

architect 

condenser 

bicycle 

vignette 

borax 

turbine 

perishable 

basswood 

insulation 

cotton 

forceps 

sculptor 

siphon 

electrician 

Lehigh 

lintel 

veterinary 

aluminum 

biennial 

viaduct 

editorial 

chauffeur 

cheviot 

roofing 

culls 

graphite 

colander 

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policy 
accumulation 

appraisal 
annuity 

fraudulent 
endowment 


premium 
dividend 

beneficiary 

equitable 

adjustment 

certificate 

mutual 


surplus 
mortality 


inflammable 
assignment 
underwriter 
lapse 

percentage 
immunity 


LESSON  101 

Words  Common  in  Insurance 

p6ri  gy  A  certificate  of  insm-ance. 

ac  cu'mu  la'tion  Addition  of  profits  to  the  active 
capital  of  a  corporation. 
Act  of  setting  a  value  upon. 

An  annual  allowance  instead  of  a 

lump  sum  payment. 
Of  the  nature  of  fraud. 


ap  prar§  al 
an  nu'i  ty 

frawMu  lent 
en  doVment 


pre  mi  um 
div'i  dend 


Life  insurance  which  provides  for 
the  payment  of  a  fixed  sum  at 
the  end  of  a  certain  number  of 
years. 

Amount  paid  annually  for  insurance. 


The  share  of  company  earnings  paid 
to  the  policy-holder, 
bgn'e  fi'ci  (shi)  The  person  who  is  to  receive  the 

a  ry  proceeds  of  the  insurance, 

gq'ui  ta  h\e         Marked  by  fairness. 

Sid  just'ment      The  settlement  of  a  fire  loss. 

ger  t!f'i  cate  A  written  statement  legally  author- 
ized. 

mu'tu  al  Pertaining  to  the  plan  of  insurance 

in  which  the  policy-holders 
constitute  the  company. 

stir'plus  The  assets  of  the  company  in  excess 

of  its  debts. 

mor  tal'i  ty  A  table  showing  the  probable  num- 
ber of  deaths  in  a  year  among  a 
given  number  of  persons  of  a 
given  age. 

in  fiS-m'ma  ble    Burning  easily. 

as  sigrn  ment       A  transfer  of  title  or  interest. 

tin'der  tf;rit'er     One  who  signs  a  policy. 

lapse  The  termination  of  a  policy  because 

of  failure  to  pay  the  premium, 
per  ggn'tage        The  allowance  on  a  hundred. 

im  mu'ni  ty        State  of  being  exempt  or  freed  from. 


tontine 


mortuary 


prudential 


fraternal 


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LESSON  102 

Terms  Common  in  Domestic  Science 

rhubarb 

r/iu'barb 

caramel 

cSr'a  mel 

waffles 

wa/'fle§ 

scalloped 

scar  (or  scal)oped 

paring 

par'ing 

charlotte  russe 

char'Iot  russe' 

scrubbing 

scrtib'6ing 

croquettes 

cro  qu&ttes' 

saucepan 

sawge'pan 

chowder 

chow'der 

simmering 

sim'mer  ing 

deviled 

dgv'iled 

microscope 

mi'cro  scope 

gelatin  or  tine 

ggra  tin 

garbage 

gar'bage 

crullers 

crtil7er§ 

ammonia 

son  mo'ni  a 

doughnuts 

dough'nUta' 

jellies 

jmies 

stuffed 

stM/ed 

bluish 

blu'ish 

garnishes 

gar'nish  e§ 

utensils 

u  t6n'sil§ 

ingredients 

in  gre'di  ents 

croutons 

crow't6n§' 

relish 

rgl'ish 

sandwich 

s^ndVich 

fritters 

Meters 

arranging 

ar  ran'ging 

frappe 

frap'pe' 

chafing 

cha'fing 

gridiron 

grld'i'ron  (urn) 

vaporized 

va'por  ized 

parboil 

par'boil 

cellulose 

ggrZu  lose 

icing 

i'ging 

sterilize 

stgr'il  ize 

meringue 

me  ringue'  (r^ng) 

tureen 

tu  reen' 

marmalade 

mar'ma  lade 

waitress 

waz'tress 

muffins 

miif'/ing 

skewer 

skew'er 

curried 

ctir'ned 

condiment 

c5n'di  ment 

piccalilli 

pic'ca  imi 

Croutons,  small  pieces  of  toasted  bread  served  with  soups. 
Cellulose,  the  chief  substance  in  the  framework  of  plants. 
Condiment,  seasoning. 

Skewer,  a  wood  or  metal  pin  for  fastening  meat. 
Scalloped,  baked  with  bread  crumbs  and  seasonings. 
Charlotte  russe,  whipped  cream  or  custard  inclosed  in  sponge  cake. 
Croquettes,  a  fried  ball  of  minced  meat,  rice,  etc. 
Chowder,  a  dish  made  of  fish,  clams,  biscuit,  and  onions  stewed. 
Deviled,  prepared  with  hot  condiments. 
Frapp6,  a  flavored  ice,  frozen  soft. 
Parboil,  to  boil  partially. 
Meringue,  beaten  egg  whites  with  sugar. 

Curried,  prepared  with  curry,  a  condiment  made  from  curry  (an 
Asiatic  shrub,)  leaves,  and  various  spices. 
Piccalilli,  mixed  pickles. 


sauteing 


braising  fricassee 


mayonnaise 


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LESSON  103 

Words  Common 

in  the  Dry  Goods  Business 

mohair 

mo'hair 

satin 

sat'in 

suede 

suede  (swed) 

piqu^ 

pi  qu^' 

poplin 

pQp'lin 

silkaline 

sflk'a  line' 

umbrella 

um  brgrZa 

crinoline 

cr][n'o  Vine 

parasol 

p^r'a  sol 

pongee 

pon  gee' 

doilies 

doi'lie§ 

flannel 

fian'nel 

chenille 

qhe  mile' 

batiste 

ba  tiste' 

honiton 

h6ii'i  ton 

flaxon 

fiax'on 

jaconet 

jac'o  net 

scrim 

scrim 

denim 

dgn'im 

drapery 

dra'per  y 

delaine 

de  lame' 

underwear 

tin'der  wedr' 

chambray 

gham'bray 

buttons 

biit'tong 

''challis 

ghal'Zis 

trimmings 

trim'mingg 

overalls 

o'ver  alZ§ 

linen 

lln'en 

remnants 

rSm'nants 

patterns 

pat'^ern§ 

crepe 

crepe 

pillows 

piYlow§ 

toweling 

tow'el  ing 

sheeting 

sheet'ing 

zephyr 

zgph'yr 

embroideries 

em  broi'der  ie§ 

saxony 

s^x'o  ny 

fringes 

frln'geg 

ruching 

ru9h'ing 

mittens 

mit'Zeng 

mackintosh  mack'in  tosh 

surah 

su'ra/i 

napery 

na'per  y 

supporters 

sup  por'ter§ 

damask 

dam'ask 

insertion 

in  ser'tion 

Suede,  Swedish  glove  leather. 

Napery,  table  linen. 

Pique,  a  ribbed  cotton  fabric. 

Mackintosh,  a  waterproof  outer  garment. 

Challis,  a  light  cotton  or  wool  dress  fabric. 

Silkaline,  a  soft,  thin  cotton  fabric  with  a  finish  resembling  silk. 

*Look  up  the  other  spelling  of  this  word. 


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Words  Common  in  the  Furniture  Business 


rattan 

ra^  tan' 

hammock 

ham'mock 

linoleum 

li  no'le  um 

couches 

couch'es 

buffet 

bu/  iet'or  buffet  mirrors 

mir'rorg 

bureau 

bu'reau  (ro) 

cheval 

ghe  val' 

upholstered  up  hol'stered 

pedestal 

pgd'es  tal 

matting 

mS,t'^ing 

perambulator 

per  am'bu  la'tor 

carpeting 

car'pet  ing 

settee 

se^  tee' 

cupboard 

cup'board 

reclining 

re  clln'ing 

cabinet 

cab'i  net 

leatheret  or 

Igath'er  et 

davenport 

dav'en  port 

leatherette 

iSath'er  ^tte' 

molding 

mold'ing 

curtain 

ctlr'tain 

ingrain 

in'gram' 

Circassian 

9ir  c^s'sian 

brussels 

brtis'sels 

bird's-eye 

bird's'-eye' 

moquette 

mo  qu&tte' 

fumed 

fumed 

tapestry 

tap'es  try 

jardiniere 

jar  din'i  ere  or 

wicker 

wick'er 

zhar'di'nyer' 

hassock 

has'sock 

revolving 

re  v6rving 

pier-glass 

pier'-glass 

sectional 

sgc'tion  al 

commode 

com  mode' 

*baluster 

bal'us  ter 

sideboard 

side'board 

imitation 

im'i  ta'tion 

bamboo 

bam  boo' 

polished 

p5l'ished 

automatic 

aw 'to  mafic 

stretchers 

strgtch'ers 

bedstead 

bgd'stead 

morris 

m5r'ris 

weathered 

wSath'ered 

adjustable 

ad  jtis'ta  ble 

suites 

swits 

extension 

ex  tgn'sion 

*This  word  has  a  corrupted  form,  banister. 

Look  up 

the  meanings  of  all  of  the  above  words  that  you  do  not 

know.    Be  prepared  to  use 

the  words  in  sentences. 

Common  Expressions 

rattan  rocker 

curtain  fixtures 

cheval  i 

nirror 

leatherette  cushion 

Circassian  walnut 

fumed  oak 

revolving  chair 

baluster  back 

sectional  bookcase 

highly  polished 

bedroom  suites 

bird's-eye  maple 

kitchen  cabinet 

extension  table 

taborette  (two  speUings)      chiffonier     divan      ottoman 


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Review 

fraudulent 

stuffed 

sandwich 

crochet 

appraisal 

batiste 

annually 

pique 

suites 

linoleum 

relish 

mutual 

utensils 

mirrors 

challis 

overalls 

beneficiary 

scalloped 

ammonia 

Valenciennes 

embroideries 

chambray 

inflammable 

parasol 

microscope 

chenille 

sterilize 

napery 

prudential 

ruching 

Circassian 

pedestal 

annuity 

condiment 

meringue 

mercerize 

imitation 

commode 

equitable 

cheval 

rattan 

adjustable 

rhubarb 

hammock 

policy 

flannel 

banister 

fricassee 

jardiniere 

icing 


LESSON  106 
Words  Common  in  the  Jewelry  Business 


sapphire 

sap'phire 

earrings 

ear'ringg 

amethyst 

am'e  thyst 

tiara 

ti  a' (or  a)  ra 

bracelet 

brage'let 

topaz 

to'paz 

lavalliere 

la  val'lyer' 

opal 

o'pal 

turquoise 

or  tur  qt^oise'  or 

carbuncle 

car'bun  cle 

turquois 

ttir'qwoig 

scarab 

scar'ab 

garnet 

gar'net 

Tiffany 

Xr/a  ny 

emerald 

gm'er  aid 

ornament 

or'na  ment 

onyx 

6n'(or  on)  yx 

solder 

s5rder 

setting 

s^t'^ing 

repairing 

re  pair'ing 

agate 

ag'ate 

diamond 

dia'mond 

Lavalliere,  a  fine  gold  or  silver  neck  chain  with  pendant. 

Tiara,  a  crown-like  head  ornament. 

Carbuncle,  a  garnet  set  in  convex  form,  but  without  facets. 

Scarab,  a  representation  of  the  beetle  in  stone. 

Tiffany,  a  style  of  settiug  diamonds. 


chrysolite 


chalcedony 


baroque 


jade 


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LESSON  107 
Words  Common  in  the  Drug  Business 


prescription 

calcium 

sulphurous 

iodine 

magnesia 

pepsin 

charcoal 

licorice 

henzine 

vaseline 

quinine 

potash 

camphorated 

horacic 

alcoholic 

calomel 

glycerine 

laudanum 

chloroform 

ether 


pre  scrlp'tion 
cai'gi  um 
suKphur  ous 
i'o  dine 


mag  ne  sia 

pgp'sin 

char'coal 

Hc'o  rige 

ben'zlne 

vS.s'e  line 

qui'nine 

p6t'ash 

cam'phor  at'ed 

bo  r^g'ic 

urco  h6ric 

cal'o  mel 

glyg'er  ine 

lau'(orla)danum  carbolic 

cAlo'ro  form         troches 

e'ther  belladonna 

formaldehyde  formai'dehyde   disinfectant 
iodoform  i  o'do  form  lozenge 


denatured 

pestle 

mortar 

arsenic 

strychnine 

morphine 

cocaine 

liquor 

diluted 

capsules 

medicinal 

cathartic 

laxative 

astringent 

pharmacy 


de  na'tured 

m6r'tar 
ar'sen  ic 
stryc/i'nine 
mor'phine 
CO  came' 
liq'wor 
di  lu'ted 
c^p'suleg 
me  dig'in  al 
ca  thar'tic 
l^x'a  tive 
as  trin'gent 
phar'ma  cy 


pharmaceutics  phar'ma  geu'tics 


carbonated 


car'bon  at'ed 
car  b6ric 
tro'c/ie§ 
bSl7a  dSn'na 
dis'in  f  Sc'tant 
iSz'enge 


Calcium,  a  silver- white  soft  metal;  a  chemical  element. 

Formaldehyde,  a  disinfectant. 

Iodoform,  an  antiseptic  dressing  for  wounds. 

Denatured,  having  the  nature  changed— said  of  alcohol  into  which 
oil  has  been  put  to  render  it  unfit  for  drinking. 

Laxative,  having  a  mild  loosening  effect  upon  the  bowels; 
cathartic,  having  a  more  violent  effect. 

Astringent,  contracting  or  drawing  together;  opposite  of  laxative. 

Pharmaceutics,  the  science  of  preparing  medicines. 

Carbonated,  charged  with  carbonic  acid  gas. 

Troche,  a  tablet  or  lozenge  for  sore  throat. 


Look  up  pestle  and  mortar, 
above  words  you  do  not  know. 


Find  the  meanings  of  any  of  the 


crucible       prophylactic        arsenical       phosphorus 


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LESSON  108 
Words  Common  in  the  Practice  of  Medicine 


bronchial 

bilious 

operation 

quarantine 

virus 

serum 


br6i)'c/ii  al 
bil'ious  (yus) 
6p'er  a'tion 
quar'an  tine 
vi'rus 
se'rum 


antitoxin  or  ine  an'ti  t5x'in 


microbe 

dyspeptic 

malignant 

membranous 

ulceration 

amputation 

paroxysm 

vaccination 

stimulant 

hygiene 

surgical 

incision 

tubercular 

corpuscle 

anaemic  or 

anemic 
intercostal 


mi'crobe 
dys  pgp'tic 
ma  Hg'nant 
mgm'bra  nous 
iir9er  a'tion 
am'pu  t a'tion 
p^r'ox  ysm 
v^c'gi  na'tion 
stim'u  lant 


cuticle 

jugular 

feverish 

capillary 

perspiration 

inhalation 

lethargic 

neuralgic 

rheumatic 

pleuritic 

abnormal 

perspiratory 

respiration 

gastric 

unconscious 

curvature 


hy'giene  (or  giene)  hypodermic 
sur'gi  cal  curative 


in  gi'gion 
tu  ber'cu  lar 
c6r'pus  cle 
a  naSm'ic 

In'ter  c5s'tal 


remedial 

purgative 

delirium 

tourniquet 

catarrhal 


cu'ti  cle 
ju'gu  lar 
f  e'ver  ish 
cS,p'il  IsL  ry 
per'spi  ra'tion 
in 'ha  la'tion 
le  thar'gic 
neu  ral'gic 
rheu  mafic 
pleu  rit'ic 
ab  nor'mal 
per  spi'ra  to  ry 
rgs'pi  ra'tion 
gas'tric 
un  c6n'scious 
cur'va  ture 
hy'po  der'mic 
cu'ra  tive 
re  me'di  al 
ptlr'ga  tive 
de  lir'i  um 
towr'ni  qwet 
ca  tar'r/ial 


Virus,  the  poison  of  an  infectious  disease. 

Serum,  the  watery  portion  of  an  animal  fluid  remaining  after  a 
clot  is  formed. 

Antitoxin,  a  compound  that  will  neutralize  a  poison. 

Malignant,  tending  to  produce  death. 

Anaemic,  having  few  red  blood  corpuscles,  therefore  pallid  and 
lacking  in  vigor. 

Intercostal,  between  the  ribs. 

Jugular,  pertaining  to  the  neck;  the  jugular  vien  is  the  large  vein 
in  the  side  of  the  neck. 

Lethargic,  morbidly  drowsy;  dull. 

Pleuritic,  pertaining  to  pleurisy,  a  disease  of  the  lung  covering. 

Tourniquet,  a  device  for  stopping  bleeding. 

Look  up  any  words  you  do  not  know.  Be  prepared  to  use  the 
words  in  sentences. 


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Some  Common  Diseases 

tuberculosis   tu  ber'cu  lo'sis   A    disease    characterized    by    small 

masses  of  morbid  matter  in  some 
internal  organ  or  part. 

paralysis  pa  r^Fy  sis         The  loss  of  the  power  of  voluntary 

motion. 

typhoid  ty'phoid  Resembling    typhus,    a    contagious 

fever. 
A  contagious  disease  of  the  throat. 


diphtheria 
appendicitis 
cancer 
measles 

whooping 

cough 
epilepsy 


diph  the'ri  a 

ap  pgn'di  gi'tis  Inflammation  of  the  appendix. 


cSii'ger 
mea'§le§ 

i^^hdop'ing 

cougW 
6p'i  iSp'sy 


rheumatism  rheu'ma  tism 
neuralgia        neu  riU'gi  a 
pleu'ri  sy 


pleurisy 
anaemia  or 

anemia 
pneumonia 
catarrh 

phthisis 
adenoid 
peritonitis 

sciatica 

astigmatism 

erysipelas 


a  nae  mi  a 

pneu  mo'ni  a 
ca  tarr/i' 

p/ithi'sis 
ad'e  noid 
pSr'i  to  ni'tis 

sci  3.t'i  ca 


A  malignant  growth. 

A  contagious,  feverish  disease  ac- 
companied by  eruptions  on  the 
skin. 

A  violent,  convulsive  cough. 

A  disease  characterized  by  fits  at 
intervals  and  loss  of  conscious- 
ness. 

A  disease  marked  by  inflammation  of 
the  joints. 

A  disease  characterized  by  extreme 
pain  along  some  nerve. 

An  inflammation  of  the  lung-covering. 

A  disease  marked  by  lack  of  quahty 

or  quantity  of  blood. 

Inflammation  of  the  lungs. 

An    inflammation    of    any    mucous 

membrane. 
Consumption  of  the  lungs. 

A  growth  in  the  nostrils. 

Inflammation  of  the  intestinal  cover- 
ing. 
Neuralgia  of  the  sciatic  nerve. 


a  stig'ma  tism    A  defect  of  the  lens  of  the  eye. 


6r'y  sip'e  las 


A  feverish  disease  accompanied  by 
inflammation  of  the  skin. 


bronchitis        diabetes        goiter  (two  speUi 


neuritis 


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Review 

solder 

chloroform 

anesthetic 

pharmaceutics 
bacteriology 

tiara 

phosphorus 

laudanum 

diluted 

anaemic 

onyx 

mortar 

boracic 

typhoid 

neuralgic 

paralysis 

quarantine 

diamond 

strychnine 

disinfectant 

catarrhal 

camphorated 

tourniquet 

amethyst 

arsenic 

remedial 

alcohoHc 

licorice 

ornament 

pneumonia 

diabetes 

rheumatic 

neuritis 

glycerine 

incision 

adenoid 

formaldehyde 

tendency 

cocaine 

benzine 

measles 

delirium 

mucous 

dyspeptic 

vaseline 

tubercular 

appendicitis 

tuberculosis 

bronchitis 

pleurisy 

LESSON  111 

Words  Common 

in  the  Practice  of  Law 

magistrate 

m^'is  trate 

felony 

m'o  ny 

probation 

pro  ba'tion 

probate 

pro'bate 

quitclaim 

quit'clazm' 

warrant 

war'rant 

executor 

ex  6c'u  tor 

legacy 

iSg'a  gy 

administrator  ad  min'is  tra'tor    codicil 

c6d'i  gil 

referee 

refer  ee' 

witness 

wit'ness 

plea 

plea 

testimony 

tgs'ti  mo  ny 

revision 

le  vi'gion 

injunction 

in  jtir^c'tion 

verdict 

ver'dict 

testament 

tgs'ta  ment 

indictment 

in  dict'ment 

misdemeanor  mis'de  mean'o 

client 

cli'ent 

Indictment,  the  formal  written  statement  charging  an  offense. 

Felony,  a  crime  greater  than  a  misdemeanor. 

Probate,  official  proof,  especially  of  wills. 

Warrant,  the  writ  authorizing  an  arrest,  search,  or  seizure. 

Codicil,  something  added  to  a  will. 

Testament,  a  will. 

Injunction,  a  writ  granted  by  a  court  forbidding  the  doing  of 
certain  acts.  A  mandatory  injunction  commands  the  doing  of  a 
certain  act. 

Misdemeanor,  a  petty  crime. 

Look  up  all  words  that  you  do  not  know.  Be  prepared  to  use  the 
words  in  sentences. 


subpoena 


penal 


warranty         jurisprudence 


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Words  Common  in  the  Practice  of  Law- 
custody  ciis'to  dy  Judicial  safe-keeping. 
tort                  t6rt                       Any  wrongful  act  (except  a  breach  of 

contract)  for  which  civil  action 
may  be  brought. 
homicide       h6m'i  9ide  The  killing  of  a  person. 

replevin  re  plSv'in  The  writ  by  which  goods  wrongfully 

taken  are  recovered. 
waive  wawe  To  set  aside. 

exemption     ex:  Smp'tion  Freedom  from  a  charge  or  burden. 

proxy  prSx'y  Power  to  act  for  another. 

alimony         2,1'i  mo  ny  An  allowance  made  to  a  wife  by  her 

husband  upon  her  separation  or 
divorce  from  him. 
default  de  fault'  The  failure  of  one  of  the  parties  to  a 

case  to  appear  in  court  at  the 
proper  time. 
rebuttal         re  btit'^al  Evidence  given  to  contradict  that 

previously  given. 
venue  vSn'ue  The  place  or  county  from  which  the 

jury  is  taken  or  in  which  the  trial 
is  held. 
versus  ver'sus  Against. 

litigation       llt'i  ga'tion  A  suit  at  law;  engaging  in  suits  at 

law. 
A  pleading  that  the  matter  alleged  is 

insufficient  to  prove  the  case. 
A  maritime  court. 
The  one  appealing  a  case. 
State  of  being  unable  to  pay  one's 

debts. 
The  release  of  a  prisoner  on  his  word 

of  honor. 
The  charge  of  an  offense  or  crime. 
Entitled  to  give  bail. 
The  legal  inquiry  into  the  cause  of  a 
sudden  death. 


demurrer      de  miirVer 


admiralty 
appellant 
bankruptcy 

parole 

accusation 

bailable 

inquest 


ad'mi  ral  ty 
ap  pgrZant 
bai)k'rupt  qy 

pa  role' 

S,c'cu  ga'tion 
bail'a  ble 
ii^'quest 


Common  Expressions    • 
bailable  offense  w^aive  examination 

change  of  venue  evidence  in  rebuttal 


malfeasance 


alibi 


parol 


circumstantial 


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LESSON  113 
Words  Common  in  the  Practice  of  Law 


penalty 

p6n'al  ty 

violation 

vi'o  la'tion 

prohibition 

pro 'hi  bl'tion 

incorporate 

in  cor'po  rate 

annulment 

an  nul'ment 

legislation 

Igg'is  la'tion 

annulled 

an  nulled' 

repealed 

re  pealed' 

tenancy 

tgn'an  97 

realty 

re'al  ty 

chattels 

chat'^el§ 

minor 

mi'nor 

specialty 

spg'cial  ty 

severally 

sSv'er  al  ly 

defense  or 

de  f  Snse' 

defence 

duress 

du'ress 

assent 

as  s6nt' 

option 

6p'tion 

embezzle 

em  h^z'zXe 

fulfillment 

ful  moment 

valid 

vai'id 

The  punishment  fixed  for  the  vio- 
lation of  a  law. 

Act  of  breaking  or  disregarding  the 
law. 

Act  of  forbidding. 

To  authorize  to  act  as  one  person. 

The  making  void  of  an  agreement. 

The  act  of  making  laws. 

Made  of  no  force  or  effect. 

Recalled,  said  of  a  law. 

Occupation  of  a  property;  holding  of 
an  estate. 

Real  estate. 

Movable  property. 

One  under  legal  age;  lesser. 

A  contract  by  deed. 

Apart  from  others;  separately. 

The  denial  of  the  defendant. 

An  illegal  forcing  to  do  or  not  to  do 

some  act. 
To  admit  a  thing  as  true. 
A  privilege  given  in  a  time  contract 

to  demand  fulfillment  on  any  day 

within  a  specified  limit. 
To  take  for  one's  own  use  property 

held  in  trust. 
Performance. 
Having  legal  force. 


Common  Expressions 


penalty  attached 
embezzle  the  trust  funds 
a  weak  defense 
goods  and  chattels 
annulled  the  contract 


legislature  repealed  the  law 
right  to  incorporate 
interpretation  of  the  law 
violation  of  agreement 
prohibited  the  sale  of 


in  fulfillment  of  his  promise  a  valid  objection 


negotiable 


usury 


forfeiture 


garnishee 


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LESSON  114 
Words  Common  in  the  Practice  of  Law 


rescind 
trespass 

culpable 
condemn 


attachment 
limitation 


verbal 
manslaughter 

barred 

outlawed 

voluntary 
liquidate 
residue 
insolvency 

appraise- 
ment 
proceedings 
aforesaid 
institute 
notary 

coupon 
surety 


re  sdnd' 
trSs'pass 

cul'pa  ble 
con  demn' 


a,t  tS,ch'ment     A 


To  repeal  or  cancel. 
To  enter  upon  another's  land  un- 
lawfully. 
Deserving  blame. 
To  pronounce  punishment  upon;  to 

take  private  property  for  public 

use. 

writ     commanding     seizure     of 

property, 
lim'i  ta'tion      A  period  limited  by  law  after  which 

the  person  can  not  enforce  his 

claim, 
ver'bal  Expressed  in  spoken  words. 

m^n'slsiugh'ter  The   unlawful   killing   of   a  human 

being. 


barred 

out'lai^ed' 

vSrun  ta  ry 
liq'ui  date 
r6§'i  due 
in  sOl'ven  9y 


Prevented  by  sufficient  legal  ob- 
jection. 

Deprived  of  legal  force,  as  by  lapse 
of  time. 

Without  legal  compulsion. 

To  pay  off. 

What  is  left. 

The  state  of  being  unable  to  pay 
one's  debts. 


ap  praz§e 

ment 
pro  ^eed'ings 


Act  of  setting  a  value  upon. 
The  steps  taken  in  a  legal  action. 
afore'said'(s6d)Said  or  named  before, 
in'sti  tute  To  begin, 

no'ta  ry  An  officer  who  acknowledges  deeds 

and  other  writings, 
cow'pon  A  certificate  of  interest  due. 

sure'(shur)  ty  One    becoming    legally    liable    for 
another. 


Common  Expressions 


liquidate  the  debt 
condition  of  insolvency 
convicted  of  perjury 
a  verbal  contract 
institute  legal  proceedings 


claimed  the  residue 
notary  public 
condemn  the  prisoner 
evidence  was  barred 
a  writ  of  attachment 


mortgage 


mortgageor       guarantor 


assignee 


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LESSON  115 

Review 

executor 

litigation 

violation 

custody 

alimony 

felony 

warrant 

misdemeanor 

barred 

annulled 

valid 

alibi 

admiralty 

testimony 

legacy 

limitations 

circumstantial 

accusation 

chattels 

bailable 

defendant 

waive 

plaintiff 

Uquidate 

-severally 

residue 

specialty 

rescind 

indictment 

subpoena 

interpretation 

appellant 

appraisement 

exemption 

forfeiture 

replevin 

assignee 

rebuttal 

aforesaid 

condemn 

revision 

trespass 

duress 

incorporate 

<?oupon 

codicil 

surety 

manslaughter 

realty 

tenancy 

LESSON  116 

Words  Common 

in  the  Practice  of  Law 

sponsor 

spSn'sor 

indenture 

in  dSn'ture 

indemnify 

in  dgm'ni  fy 

impanel 

im  pS-n'el 

negligence 

ngg'li  genge 

petit 

pgt'ii 

contributory 

con  trib'u  to  ry 

reversion 

re  ver'gion 

covenant 

cov'e  nant 

bigamy 

big'a  my 

dissolution 

dis'so  lu'tion 

imprisonment 

im  prig'on  men 

casualty 

ca,§'u  al  ty 

indemnity 

in  dgm'ni  ty 

examination  ex  a,m'i  na'tion 
enactment      en  act'ment 


disinherited       dis'in  hgr'it  ed 
pleading  plead'ing 

responsibility    re  spSn'si  bfl'i  ty 


.salvage  sal'vage 

Sponsor,  one  answerable  for  another. 

Indemnify,  to  make  good  (a  loss). 

Casualty,  an  accident. 

Salvage,  that  which  is  saved. 

Indenture,  an  agreement  in  writing. 

Impanel,  to  enroll  a  list  of  jurors. 

Petit,  small;  a  petit  jury  is  a  jury  of  only  twelve  men, 

Look  up  unfamiliar  words  and  use  them  in  sentences. 


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ecstasy 

dynamite 

moccasin 

millionaire 

accuracy 

detrimental 

absurdity 

meritorious 

concisely 

persuade 

placard 

accustom 

poultice 

brilliancy 

replenish 


LESSON  117 

Miscellaneous  Words 
gc'sta  sy 
dy'na  mite 
m5c'ca  sin 
million  aire' 


gymnasium 

counterpart 

especially 

adherence 

treatise 

parsimonious 

censure 

inaugural 

emaciated 


S,c'cu  ra  gy 

dSt'ri  mgn'tal 

ab  sur'di  ty 

mgr'i  to'ri  ous 

con  gise'ly 

per  suade'(swad)  gnarled 

plS,c'ard  heirloom 

ac  ctis'tom  *exquisite 

ipouVtl^e  verification 

brirZian(yan)gy  prerogative 


re  plgn'ish 
apprehension  ap 'pre  hgn'sion 
despicable       dgs'pic  a  ble 


irrational 

situation 

permanent 

infancy 

dilatory 

belligerent 


ir  r^'tion  al 
sit'u  a'tion 
per'ma  nent 
in'f  an  gy 
dfl'a  to  ry 
beZ  llg'er  ent 


muscular 

obsolete 

appearance 

hiccough 

eccentric 

invisible 

collateral 

fiscal 

strategic 


gym  na  SI  um 
coun'ter  part' 
es  pg'cial  ly 
ad  he'renge 
trea'tise 

par'si  mo'ni  ous 
gSn'sure  (shur) 
in  awg'u  ral 
e  ma'ci  at'ed 
gnarled 
/^e^r'loonl 
gx'qui  site- 
ver'i  fi  ca'tion. 
pre  r5g'a  tive 
mus'cu  lar 
5b'so  lete 

ap  pear'ange 
hic'up 
ec  ggn'tric 
in  vis'i  ble 
col  lat'er  aL 
fis'cal 
stra  te'gia 


*Be  careful  to  accent  only  the  first  syllable. 


permanent  employment 
replenish  the  treasury 
detrimental  to  business 
dilatory  tactics 
strict  adherence  to  duty 
treatise  on  law 
parsimonious  millionaire 
obsolete  customs 


Common  Expressions 

inaugural  ceremonies 
a  strategic  position 
the  fiscal  year 
collateral  security 
irrational  thinking 
verification  of  the  statement 
a  promiscuous  collection 
prerogative  of  the  court 


inimitable 


intaglio 


fac-simile 


syllogism 


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Words  Common 

in  Architecture 

trellis 

trgrZis 

arcade 

ar  cade' 

gargoyle 

gar'goyle 

bungalow 

btin'ga  low; 

faucet 

fai^'get 

column 

c6rumn 

corrugated 

c6rVu  gat'ed 

balcony 

bal'co  ny 

parquetry 

par'qwet  ry 

gables 

ga'ble§ 

niche 

niche 

canopy 

c^n'o  py 

lattice 

lU'tlqe 

dormer 

dor'mer 

mosaic 

mo  §a'ic 

foliation 

fo'li  action 

alcove 

S-l'cove 

mansard 

mSn'sard 

flashing 

fiash'ing 

minaret 

mtn'a  ret 

cornice 

cor'nige 

columnar 

CO  lum'nar 

veranda 

ve  rS,n'da 

oriel 

o'ri  el 

portico 

por'ti  CO 

pediment 

p6d'i  ment 

boudoir 

bgi^'dwar' 

pendant 

pgn'dant 

lacquered 

l^c'quered 

pagoda 

pa  go'da 

colonnade 

c6Von  nade' 

pinnacle 

pKn'na  cle 

pergola 

per'go  la 

turret 

turVet 

girders 

gir'der§ 

trusses 

trus'se§ 

joists 

joists 

dovetail 

dove'tail' 

newel 

new'el 

pilaster 

pi  las'ter 

jamb 

jS,m6 

miter 

mi'ter 

arabesque 

S,r'a  basque' 

acanthus 

a  cS,n'thus 

coping 

co'ping 

abutting 

a  btit'^ing 

Gargoyle,  a  water  spout,  carved  grotesquely. 

Corrugated,  formed  into  folds  or  furrows. 

Parquetry,  an  inlay  of  geometric  patterns. 

Flashing,  the  metal  covering  of  the  hips  and  ridges  of  roofs. 

Pergola,  an  arbor  or  trellis. 

Arabesque,  a  kind  of  ornamentation  of  plants,  figures,  etc. 

Foliation,  ornamentation  of  an  opening. 

Minaret,  a  high,  slender  tower. 

Oriel,  a  large  bay  window  projecting  from  the  face  of  a  wall. 

Pagoda,  a  tower-like  structure  built  in  stories. 

Pilaster,  an  upright  rectangular  column. 

Acanthus,  an  ornamentation  like  acanthus  leaves. 

Look  up  any  words  you  do  not  know. 


chamfered 


tessellated 


stucco 


peristyle 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


likelihood 

discretion 

favoritism 

fundamental 

textile 

harmonious 

depreciation 

antique 

medicine 

grandeur 

incoherent 

banana 

cosmopolitan 

squalid 

thorough 

grammar 

spurious 

chaperon 

dietary 

vacillate 

mechanism 

condescend 

euchre 

oppressor 


like'li  hood 
dis  crg'tion 
fa'vor  it  i§m 
fiin'da  mSn'tal 
tex'tile 
har  mo'ni  ous 
de  pre'ci  a'tion 
an  tique' 
mgd'i  9lne 
grS-n'deur 
in'co  her'ent 
ba  na'na 
c6§'mo  p5ri  tan 
squaFid 
ihor'ough 
grS-m'mar 
spu'ri  ous 
^hap'er  on 
di'e  ta  ry 
vS,c'il  Isite 
mSc/i'an  i§m 
c6n'de  sc6nd' 
eu'chre 
op  prgs'sor 


incidental 
anecdote 
bandanna  or 

bandana 
barbarous 
deciduous 
rhjrthm 
satellite 
tenement 
ruffian 
laughable 
totally 
cologne 
emoluments 
fatiguing 
hackneyed 
aggravation 
nausea 
acquiesce 
minimum 
officiate 
miniature 
participate 


Wqi  dgn'tal 
an'ec  dote 
ban  dan'na 

bar'ba  rous 
de  gid'u  ous 
rhfihrn. 
sht'el  lite 
tgn'e  ment 
ruf'/i  an 
laitgh^a  ble 
to'tal  ly 
CO  lo^e' 
e  m6Fu  ments 
fa  tig' wing 
hack'neyed 
S,g'^ra  va'tion 
naw'se(she)a 
ac'qui  6sce' 
min'i  mum 
of  fl'ci  ate 
min'i  a  ture 
par  tig'i  pate 


Common 

acquiesce  in  the  arrangement 
depreciation  of  property 
incidental  expenses 
spurious  coin 
barbarous  custom 
fatiguing  work 
hackneyed  expressions 
poignant  grief 
unearned  increment 


Expressions 

deciduous  vegetation 
fawning  satellite 
pecuniary  emoluments 
flattering  encomiums 
vacillating  opinion 
squalid  tenements 
incoherent  speech 
years  of  discretion 
emoluments  have  increased 


amateur        encomium        poignant        increment 


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LESSON  120 
Review  and  Spelling  Down  List 
fraudulent  practices  denatured  alcohol 


declare  a  dividend 
equitable  adjustment 
payable  annually 
fraternal  insurance 
endowment  plan 
accumulated  surplus 
cooking  utensils 
chafing  dish 
stuffed  tomatoes 
soup  with  croutons 
parboil  the  beans 
clam  chowder 
scalloped  corn 
chicken  croquettes 
deviled  eggs 
Graham  muffins 
mayonnaise  dressing 
damask  table  linen 
pongee  silk 
scrim  curtains 
cotton  sheeting 
hose  supporters 
pique  petticoat 
flannel  shirts 
suede  gloves 
upholstered  furniture 
hair  mattress 
porch  hammock 
ingrain  carpeting 
polished  mahogany 
Tiffany  setting 
tiara  of  diamonds 
pearl  earrings 
charcoal  tablets 


sulphurous  fumes 
carbonated  water 
boracic  acid 
neuralgic  headache 
rheumatic  tendency 
abnormal  temperature 
violent  paroxysms 
exploratory  incision 
intercostal  neuralgia 
bilious  attack 
revision  of  the  code 
probate  court 
witness  for  the  defense 
last  will  and  testament 
warranty  deed 

property  escheated  to  the  state 
sued  for  alimony 
still  in  litigation 
coroner's  inquest 
custody  of  the  sheriff 
minor  offenses 
negotiable  paper 
statute  of  limitations 
voluntary  bankruptcy 
judicial  proceedings 
notary  public 
contributory  negligence 
legislative  enactment 
dissolution  of  partnership 
impanel  the  jury 
extemporaneous  speech 
exquisite  fragrance 
fac-simile  of  the  deed 


a  deciduous  tree 
From  this  point  on  no  specific  requirements  for  dictionary  work 
are  given  except  for  the  four  words  at  the  ends  of  certain  lessons. 
The  student  is  expected,  however,  to  look  up  any  words  he  does 
not  know,  and  to  be  able  if  called  upon  to  use  in  a  sentence  any  word 
in  any  lesson. 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


auditorium 

quotation 

cathedral 

partition 

curiosity 

ligament 

scholastic 

apologetic 

extraneous 

erroneous 

champion 


aw'di  to'ri  um 
quo  taction 
ca  the'dral 
par  tf  tion 
cu'ri  os'i  ty 
lig'a  ment 
scho  iS^s'tic 
a  pSro  ggt'ic 
ex  tra'ne  ous 
er  ro'ne  ous 
chS,m'pi  on 


paramount 

infirmity 

immaculate 

extradition 

maneuver 

inundation 

rudimentary 

elucidate 

incompatible 

saturate 

propensity 


philanthropic  phA'an  thrSp'ic  skeleton 


economize 
exasperate 
valise 
appetite 
tableau 
congenial 
luxuriant 
versatile 
*superfluous 
hurriedly 
renovate 


e  c6n'o  mize  obstreperous 
ex:  as'per  ate  impediment 
va  lise'  ravenous 

ap'pe  tite  emetic 

tab'lo  or  ta  bio'  patriotism 
congen'ial(yal)  appendix 


lux  ti'ri  ant 
ver'sa  tile 
su  per'flu  ous 
hur'ried  ly 
rSn'o  vate 


mcessant 

abusive 

miscellaneous 

phenomenal 

penalize 


par'a  mount 
in  firm'i  ty 
im  mac'u  late 
gx'tra  dftion 
ma  neu'ver 
in'un  da'tion 
ru'di  mgn'ta  ry 
e  lu'gi  date 
in'com  p^t'i  ble 
sat'u  rate 
pro  pgn'si  ty 
skgl'e  ton 
ob  strSp'er  ous 
im  pSd'i  ment 
rS,v'e  nous 
e  mgt'ic 
pa'tri  ot  ism 
ap  pgn'dix 
in  ggs'sant 
a  bu'sive 
mis^cel  la'ne  ous 
phe  n6m'e  nal 
pe'nal  ize 


*Place  the  accent  correctly. 


versatile  actor 
immaculate  linen 
of  paramount  importance 
extraneous  matter 
congenial  company 
luxuriant  growth 
tremendous  responsibility 
obstreperous  youth 


Common  Expressions 

extradition  treaty 
impediment  in  his  speech 
ravenous  appetite 
phenomenal  growth 
rudimentary  principles 
elucidate  the  theory 
market  quotations 
erroneous  statement 


fiduciary         perquisite         repertoire         cauterize 


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carburetor  or 
carburettor 

detachable 

sprocket 

speedometer 

limousine 

tonneau 

accumulator 

ignition 

muffler 

silencer 

apparatus 

reservoir 

runabout 

skidding 

lubricant 

condenser 

puncture 
*garage 
chassis 
taxicab 
cyclometer 

*This  word, 
nunciation. 


LESSON  122 

Automobile  Terms 

car'bu  rSt'or      An    apparatus    which   charges  air 
with  gasohne. 

de  tach'a  ble      That  may  be  removed. 

sprSck  et  A  tooth  or  projection  on  a  wheel. 

speed  5m'e  ter    An  instrument  for  showing  speed. 

li'mow  gine'         An    automobile    with    seats    and 

permanent  top. 
ton'neau'  (no)    The  body  of  an  automobile  having 

an  afterbody  with  sides  closing 

in  the  seats, 
ac  cu'mu  la  tor  A  contrivance  to  take  up  the  force 

of  a  sudden  strain. 
The  act  of  setting  fire  to. 

A  device  to  deaden  the  noise  of 


ig  nf  tion 
muf'/ler 
si'len  9er 
S^p'pa  ra'tus 


escapmg  gases. 
A  muffler. 


Any    complex    instrument    for 
specific  action. 
r6s'ervoir(vw6r)A  place  for  the  storage  of  water. 


run'a  bout 
skld'ding 
lu'bri  cant 
con  dgn'ser 

ptir^c'ture 

ga'rage'  (razh) 
or  g^r'age 
Qhas'sis 


A  light  automobile. 

Slipping  sideways  on  the  road. 

Any  substance  used  for  oiling. 

An  instrument  for  compressing  air 

or  gas. 
A  hole  made  by  a  point. 

A  place  for  keeping  automobiles. 


The  under  part  of  an  automobile, 
tax'i  cab' 
9y  cl6m'e  ter 

taken  from  the  French,  has  not  yet  a  settled  pro- 


A  cab  fitted  with  a  device  for 
measuring  the  distance  traveled. 

An  apparatus  to  show  the  distance 
traveled. 


bevel  gear      sparkplug      driving-shaft      float-feed 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


contingency  con  tln'gen  qy 
tentative         t^n'ta  tive 
chivalrous      ghlv'al  rous 
resuscitate     re  sus'ci  tate 
decade  dec  ade' 

mimeograph  mim'e  o  graph 
panorama      pS-n'o  ra'ma 
simplicity       sim  pHg'i  ty 


•industrious  in  dtis'tri  ous 

consecutive  con  sSc'u  tive 

treasury  trgas  u  ry 

diploma  di  plo'ma 

offensive  of  /gn'sive 

empirical  em  plr'i  cal 

methodical  me  th6d'i  cal 

mercenary  mer'ge  na  ry 

nuisance  nui'sange 

intensify  in  tSn'si  fy 

influential  in'flu  gn'tial 

gigantic  gi  gSn'tic 

handicapped  han'di  capped 

threshold  thrgsh'old 

fumigate  fu'mi  gate 

aggregate  S-g'^re  gate 

uniform  u'ni  form 

farcical  far'yi  cal 

fatigue  fa  figi^e' 

equilibrium  e'qui  lib'ri  um 

irreproachable  irVe  proach'a  ble  mammoth 

diaphragm  di'a  phras^m  labyrinth 

moderate  m6d'er  ate  curriculum 

Empirical,  founded  upon  experience  or  observation  alone,  with- 
out regard  to  science  and  theory. 

Mercenary,  serving  merely  for  pay;  greedy  of  gain. 

Contingency,  an  event  which  may  or  may  not  occur. 

Tentative,  pertaining  to  a  trial  or  trials;  experimentaL 

Resuscitate,  to  bring  back  to  life. 

Panorama,  a  widespread  view. 

Labyrinth,  a  bewildering  arrangement  of  passageways* 

Mimeograph,  a  device  for  copying. 

*Note  the  accent  particularly. 


lenient 

sediment 

partially 

traverse 

witticism 

utterance 

trophies 

afi^ction 

lassitude 

massacre 

domicile 

minority 


le'ni  ent  or  Ign'yent 
s6d'i  ment 
par'tial  ly 
tr^v'erse 
wlt'^i  5i§m 
tit'^er  ange 
tro'phieg 
af  fiic'tion 
las'si  tude 
m^s'sa  ere  (cer) 
d6m'i  (file 
mi  nSr'i  ty 
m3.m'moth 
lab'y  rinth 
cur  ric'u  lum 


dutiable 


*exemplary         squalor         ambiguity 


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Aeroplane  Terms 
a'er  o  plane'    A  light  rigid  plane  used  in  fijdng 

__  machines ;  a  flying  machine. 

baZ  loon'  A  large  silk  bag  filled  with  gas. 

gli'der  A  hydroplane,  or  motor  boat. 

hai^'gar'  A  shed  for  flying  machines. 

bi'plane  An  aeroplane  having  two  planes. 

di/I  gi  ble        That  may  be  directed ;  (n)  a  balloon 

that  may  be  directed, 
di  he'dral        Having  two  plane  faces. 

a'vi  a'tion       The   art   or   science    of  flying   in 

aeroplanes, 
a'er  o  nawt      An  aerial  navigator. 

hy'dro  plane   A  gliding  boat. 

a'e  ro  drome'  A  flying  machine   made   of   aero- 
planes; also  called  aeroplane, 
as  gSn'sion      A  rising. 

out'rig  gev      The  part  of  a  machine  projecting 

beyond  the  regular  frame, 
e'qual  iz'er      A  device  for  operating  two  brakes 

with  equal  force. 
stS-n'ghion       An  upright  bar  for  the  support  of  a 
frame. 
atmospheric  at'mos  phSr'icOf  or  pertaining  to  the  atmosphere. 

parachute       pS-r'a  ghute      A  device,  umbrella-like  in  form,  for 

making  a  descent  from  a 
balloon. 

mo'tor  That    which   furnishes    power   for 

moving. 

a'e  ro  nait'tics  The  science  of  aerial  navigation. 

hgl'i  c5p'ter    A    flying    machine    propelled    by 
screws. 
hydroaeroplane    hy'dro  a'e  ro  plane'    An  aeroplane  that  can 

alight  and    ghde    on 
the  water. 
(l)Notice  that  the  g  of  the  second  syllable  has  a  separate  and 
distinct  sound. 

(2) The  accent  is  on  the  first  syllable. 


aeroplane 

balloon 

glider 
(l)hangar 

biplane 
(2)dirigible 

dihedral 
aviation 

aeronaut 

hydroplane 

aerodrome 

ascension 
outrigger 

equalizer 

stanchion 


motor 

aeronautics 
helicopter 


anemometer      gyroscope      aerostatics      barograph 


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LESSON  125 

Review 

fundamental 

witticism 

phenomenal 

methodical 

carburetor 

minority 

equalize 

detachable 

simplicity 

balloon 

immaculate 

aeronaut 

resuscitate 

influential 

lubricant 

scandalous 

inundation 

curiosity 

outrigger 

labyrinth 

ascension 

philanthropic 

consecutive 

penalize 

ignition 

apparatus 

indigenous 

tonneau 

vibrator 

atmospheric 

incompatible 

handicapped 

erroneous 

hurriedly 

aggregate 

conspicuous 

domicile 

anemometer 

aerostatics 

stanchion 

gigantic 

runabout 

barograph 

irreproachable 

equilibrium 

parachute 

propensity 

miscellaneous 

superfluous 

exasperate 

LESSON  126 

General  Business  Terms 

lucrative 

lu'cra  tive 

exorbitant 

ex  or'bi  tant 

exchequer 

ex  chgq'wer 

copartnership  CO  part'ner  shi 

catalogue 

cat'a  logi^ 

mercantile 

mer'can  tile 

financier 

fln'an  gier' 

stringency 

strin'gen  gy 

wholesale 

whoWsale 

retail 

re'tail 

capitalist 

c^p'i  tal  ist 

invoice 

in'voige 

livelihood 

live'li  hood 

notification 

no'ti  fi  ca'tion 

journalize 

jotir'nal  ize 

auditor 

awd'i  tor 

overseer 

o'ver  seer' 

inventory 

In'ven  to  ry 

creditor 

crgd'i  tor 

solvent 

s61'vent 

speculate 

spgc'u  late 

Exchequer,  a  treasury,  especially  a  national  or  royal  treasury. 
Auditor,  a  hearer;  one  who  examines  bills  and  accounts  and 
passes  upon  them  officially. 

Common  Expressions 

lucrative  employment  exorbitant  prices 

a  mere  livelihood  annual  inventory  of  stock 

satisfy  the  creditors  stringency  of  the  money  market 

articles  of  copartnership  meet  the  obligation 


proximo  (prox.)     ultimo  (ult.)     instant  (inst.)     employee 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


dedication 

collapse 

vertical 

adversity 

hominy 

speculator 

undoubtedly 

genuine 

coalition 

passionate 

extenuation 

attainment 

condemnation 

bribery 

consequently 


ded'i  caption 
col  lapse' 
ver'ti  cal 
ad  ver'si  ty 
hSm'i  ny 
spSc'u  la  tor 
un  dou&t'ed  ly 
ggn'u  Ine 
CO 'a  li'tion 
p2,s'sion  ate 
ex  tgn'u  a'tion 
Sit  tam'ment 
c6n'dem  na'tion 
bri'ber  y 
c6n'se  quent  ly 


retinue 

venomous 

ephemeral 

critical 

caliber 

intimidate 


rgt'i  nue 
v6n'om  ous 
e  phgm'er  al 
crit'i  cal 
cS,ri  ber 
in  tim'i  date 


abandonment  a  bSn'don  ment 


parenthesis 

captivity 

evaporate 

proficient 

indicative 


pa  rgn'the  sis 
cap  tiv'i  ty 
e  va,p'o  rate 
pro  fl'cient 
in  dic'a  tive 


demonstration  dgm'on  stra'tion  ceaseless 


enthusiastic  en  thu'§i  as'tic 
annihilate      an  ni'hil  ate 
amazement   a  maze'ment 
gease'less 

corporeal  cor  po're  al  succinct  sue  Qlr^ct' 

corporal  cor'po  ral  aggrandize     3-g'gTan  dize 

firmament  fir'ma  ment  reprimand      r6p'ri  mand 

malediction       mare  dic'tion       quiescent        qui  gs'cent 
stalwart  stal'wart  superlative     su  per'la  tive 

weapon  wgap'on  memoir  mgm'oir  (wor) 

excerpt  gx'^erpt  succulent       siic'cu  lent 

Succulent,  juicy. 

Coalition,  union  into  a  single  mass. 

Extenuation,  lessening  or  excusing,  as  of  a  crime  or  its  punish- 
ment. 

Corporeal,  having  a  body;  material,  as  opposed  to  spiritual. 

Corporal,  bodily,  as  opposed  to  mental. 

Malediction,  a  curse. 

Excerpt,  an  extract  or  passage  selected. 

Ephemeral,  not  lasting. 


anomaly         anomalous 


anonymous 


analogous 


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directorate 
subsidize 


LESSON  128 
General  Business  Terms 
di  rgc'to  rate    A  body  of  directors, 
sub'si  dize         To  aid  with  money,  especially  public 


money;    hence,    to    place    under 

obligations. 

hectograph  or  hgc'to  graph 

A  device  for  copying,   by  means  of 

hektograph 

a  transfer  of  ink  to  and  from  a 
gelatin  surface. 

debenture 

de  bgn'ture 

A  written  acknowledgement  of  debt. 

collateral 

col  lat'er  al 

Additional  security  given  for  the  pay- 
ment of  a  note  besides  the  note 
itself. 

filing 

debit 

journal                   customer 

telephone 

ledger 

assets                      investment 

summary 

protest 

maturity                expenses 

salaries 

deduction 

typewriter              payable 

envelope 

withdrawal 

excess                     entries 

domineer 

encyclopedia 

oriental 

rampage 

maladroit 

intrepid 

exterminate 

celerity 

delineate 

procedure 

emphasis 


LESSON  129 
Miscellaneous  Words 
dSm'i  neer'  affability 

en  gy'clo  pe'di  a  enigmatical 


o'ri  gn'tal  occidental 

r^m'page  derision 

mai'a  droit  umbrage 

in  trgp'id  distinguished 
ex  ter'mi  nate 

96 16r'i  ty  anguish 

de  hn'e  ate  originate 

pro  ged'ure  ubiquity 

Sm'pha  sis  memorize 

Oriental,  pertaining  to  the  East. 
Occidental,  pertaining  to  the  West. 
Maladroit,  clumsy. 

Ubiquity,  presence  in  more  than  one  place. 
Umbrage,  offense;  resentment. 


af '/a  bil'i  ty 
e'nig  mat'i  cal 
5c 'gi  dSn'tal 
de  rfgion 
tim'brage 
dis  tir^'guished 

(gwisht) 
S-r^'guish 
o  rig'i  nate 
u  biq'ui  ty 
mSm'o  rize 


adolescent    assimilation    misanthropy    metropolis 


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satalogue 

genuine 

annihilate 

capitalist 

filing 

celerity 

collateral 

speculator 

critical 

memoir 

subsidize 

intrepid 

originate 


Review 


typewriter 

coalition 

intimidate 

entries 

lucrative 

passionate 

weapon 

delineate 

abandonment 

anonymous 

customer 

exterminate 

assimilation 


financier 

demonstration 

notification 

bribery 

employee 

telephone 

mercantile 

debit 

proficient 

expenses 

directorate 

metropolis 


exorbitant 

indicative 

venomous 

reprimand 

inventory 

invidious 

distinguished 

stringency 

extenuation 

withdrawal 

procedure 

envelope 


LESSON  131 
General  Business  Terms 


resources  re  sowr'geg 

ascertain  ^s'cer  tarn' 

receipted  re  getpt'ed 

restrictions       re  stric'tion§ 
signature  sig'na  ture 

endorsement    en  dorse'ment 
personal  per'son  al 

desirous  de  si'rous 

correspondent  c6rVes  p6n'dent 
itemized  i'tem  ized 

collection  coZ  Igc'tion 

Tickler,  a  reminder;  a  book  to 
times  of  payments. 


installment  or  in  stalZ'ment 

instalment 
shortage 
prospectus 
tickler 
accrued 
warehouse 
cablegram 
foreclosure 
receivable 
recourse  re  cowrse' 

show  amounts  due  upon  notes  and 


short'agc 
pro  spSc'tus 
tick'ler 
ac  crued' 
wdre'house' 
ca'ble  grSm 
fore  clo'§ure 
re  geiVa  ble 


Common  Expressions 


itemized  bill 
bills  receivable 
resources  and  liabilities 
accrued  interest 


without  recourse 
receipted  bill 
installment  plan 
foreclosure  of  mortgage 


memorandum      consignment     proprietary      consignee 


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LESSON  132 
Words  Common  in  Manual  Training 

whittling  whit'ding  annular  an'nu  lar 

planing  planning  quadrant  quad'rant 

burr  hijucr  fuming  fum'ing 

ratchet  r^tch'et  resin  r6§'in 

alignment         a  ligrn'ment  caustic  caws'tic 

centrifugal       gen  trif' u  gal  thumbscrew  thum&'screw' 

fleam  fleam  vise  vise 

felloe  or  felly    m'loeori&Vly       cleat  cleat 

discs  discs  rigidity  ri  gid'i  ty 

abrasive  a  bra'sive  countersunk  coun'ter  stiQk' 

centripetal        cen  trip'e  tal  carpentry  car'pen  try 

rafters  rafters  sloyd  sloyd 

girts  girts  countershaft  coun'ter  shaft' 

burnisher  bur'nish  er  axial  Sx'i  al 

corundum         co  riin'dum  tongues  t6ngwe§ 

peripheral         pe  riph'er  al  butt  butt 

gluing  glii'ing  radial  ra'di  al 

whetting  whSt'^ing  cambium  cS-m'bi  um 

gauges  gaw'ge§  tangent  tan'gent 

charring  char'ringr  helical  heri  cal 

creosote  cre'o  sote  tenon  t6n'on 

lathe  lathe  spherical  sphgr'i  cal 

porcelain  por'ge  lam  mortising  mor'tis  ing 

Ratchet,  a  tool  with  a  wheel  having  angular  teeth. 
Fleam,  a  kind  of  lancet. 
Centripetal,  tending  toward  the  center. 
Centrifugal,  tending  to  recede  from  the  center. 
Felloe,  the  wooden  rim  of  a  wheel. 
Abrasive,  wearing  or  rubbing. 
Corundum,  a  hard  mineral  used  as  an  abrasive. 
Peripheral,  pertaining  to  the  surface  or  bounding  line. 
Sloyd,  a  system  of  manual  training. 
Helical,  in  the  form  of  a  spiral. 

Tenon,  a  projecting  piece  left  by  cutting  away  the  wood  around 
it  to  fit  it  into  a  mortise  to  make  a  joint. 

carborundum        chamfer        protractor        trestle 


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bitstock 
culter  level 
block  plane 
tool  recess 
trestle  clamp 
spoke  shave 
dowel  plate 
miter  gauge 
motor  drive 
bit  shanks 


LESSON  133 
Manual  Training  Phrases 


threaded  sleeve 
fleam  tooth 
burr  mill 
cross  feed 
brace  jaw 
ripsaw 
try-square 
wing  dividers 
lag  screw 
pitch  spur 


shearing  motion 
crosscut  saw 
driving  mechanism 
helical  groove 
valley  rafter 
master-keyed 
ratchet  wheel 
nut  shanks 
cripple  rafter 
water  jacket 


LESSON  134 
Miscellaneous  Words 


apparent 

prevalence 

recompense 

spectacle 

coalesce 

indifferent 

endeavoring 

diligent 

imperative 

prejudice 

preemption 


ap  pSr'ent 
prSv'a  lenge 
rSc'om  pense 
spgc'ta  cle 
co'a  ISsce' 
in  dif'/er  ent 
en  dSav'or  ing 
dil'i  gent 
im  pSr'a  tive 
prSj'u  dige 
pre  gmp'tion 


subordinate 

ensuing 

observance 

indispensable 

initiatory 

fallacious 

specimen 

knowledge 

overwhelm 

flippancy 


sub  6r'di  nate 
en  su'ing 
ob  serv'ange 
in'dis  pSn'sa  ble 
in  f  ti  a  to  ry 
faZ  la'cious 
spgg'i  men 
kii6wVedge 
o'ver  whelm' 
flip'pan  9y 


Common  Expressions 

coalesce  in  sound 
endeavoring  to  please 
indispensable  to  success 
specimen  of  handwriting 


subordinate  position 
the  ensuing  week 
initiatory  proceeding 
knowledge  of  the  subject 


tumultuous     supervisor     procrastinate     remuneration 


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accrued 

rigidity 
gluing 
diligent 
emery- 
indispensable 
mechanism 
consignment 
alignment 
ensuing 
foreclosure 
specimen 
indifferent 


itemized 

sloyd 

prejudice 

prospectus 

automatic 

quadrant 

prevalence 

protractor 

recompense 

receivable 

trestle 

imperative 

helical 


Review 

radical 

endorsement 

gauges 

apparent 

'receipted 

initiatory 

ratchet 

correspondent 

peripheral 

plausible 

signature 

receivable 


ascertain 

annular 

remuneration 

abrasive 

warehouse 

resin 

destination 

dowel 

memorandum 

restrictions 

tenon 

thumbscrew 


LESSON  136 
Civil  Service  List 


collector 

criticise 

facilitate 

revokable 

fragile 

February 

mucilage 

commonly 

receptacle 

coincident 

rebating 


col  Ific'tor 
crit'i  9i§e 
fa  gfl'i  tate 
re  vok'a  bk 
frSg'ile 
FSb'ru  a  ry 
mu'5i  lage 
c6m'mon  ly 
re  ggp'ta  cle 
CO  In'gi  dent 
re  ba'ting 


assessable 

professional 

requirement 

license 

foregoing 

averaging 

incompetent 

systematic 

supplied 

measurement 


as  s6s'sa  ble 
pro  fgs'sion  al 
re  quire'ment 
li'gense 
fore  go'ing 
S,v'er  ag  ing 
in  c6m'pe  tent 
sys'te  mS,t'ic 
sup  plied' 
mSog'ure  ment 


Common  Expressions 
collector  of  customs  license  to  sell 


facilitate  delivery 
commonly  referred  to 
assessable  property 
of  a  fragile  nature 


foregoing  statement 
incompetent  help 
averaging  the  prices 
legal  requirements 


boulevard         charlatan 


stereotype 


affidavit 


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Miscellaneous  Words 

permeate 

per'me  ate 

bjrways 

hfwsiyq 

souvenir 

SQu\e  nir 

apostrophe 

a  pSs'tro  phe 

exhilarate 

e$  Ml'a  rate 

lightning 

ligr/it'ning 

victuals 

vict'walg 

lightening 

light^en  ing 

diminutive 

di  min'u  tive 

imagination 

L  im  ag'i  na'tion 

opulent 

6p'u  lent 

knapsack 

kh^p^ssLck 

attitude 

at'ti  tude 

whether 

whgth'er 

discern 

dig  cern' 

camera 

cSm'e  ra 

defensible 

de  f  Sn'si  ble 

finally 

fi'nal  Zy 

prepossessing 

pre'pos  §6s'sing 

salve 

saZve 

impostor 

im  p6s'tor 

wrinkled 

wrlTik'led 

asthma 

as^/i'ma 

minnow 

mln'now 

fabulous 

f  ab'u  lous 

knuckle 

kniick  le 

suspicion 

sus  pf  cion 

speckled 

spgck'led 

supersede 

su'per  sede' 

troupe 

trQwpe 

sagacity 

sa  gag'i  ty 

pavilion 

pa  vil'ion  (yon) 

consciousness 

c6n'scious  ness 

circuses 

Qir'cus  e§ 

S3nnmetry 

syui'me  try 

*worsted 

worst'ed 

triple 

trip'le 

majesty 

mS-j'es  ty 

sacrifice  (noun) 

s^c'ri  fi^e  or  fiz 

concrete 

con  Crete' 

(verb) 

sS-c'ri  fiz  or  iige  grateful 

grate'ful 

discreditable 

dis  crgd'it  a  ble 

rascality 

ras  cal'i  ty 

knicknack 

A;nlck'nack 

routine 

rou  fine' 

embarrassment  em  barVass  ment 

*  Worsted,  defeated. 


Wgrst'ed,  woolen  yam. 


Common  Expressions 


fabulous  profits 
souvenir  of  the  occasion 
a  suspicion  of  foul  play 
knuckle  down 
concrete  pavement 
office  routine 
finally  completed 
lightening  his  labors 


highways  and  byways 
struck  by  lightning 
prepossessing  in  appearance 
grateful  for  the  favor 
discreditable  performance 
full  of  knicknacks 
a  vivid  imagination 
inexpUcable  behavior 


plagiarism        cognomen        inexplicable        abscess 


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LESSON  138 

Words  Common  in  Music 


orchestra 
arpeggio 
chord 
quartet  or 

quartette 
chorus 
anthem 
oratorio 
choral 
operatic 


ditches  tra 

ar  peg'(pSd)  gio 

c/iord 

quar  t6t' 

c/io'rus 
an'them 
6r'a  to'ri  o 
c/io'ral 
5p'er  at'ic 


prima  donna  pri'ma  d6n'na 


tenor 

cymbals 

melody 

harmony 

violin 

trombone 

chromatic 

major 

Aeolian 

harpist 

accordion 

Castanet 


t6n'or 
95^'bal§ 
mSl'o  dy 
har'mo  ny 
vi'o  Hn' 
trSm'bone 
chro  mS,t'ic 
ma'jor 
Ae  o'li  an 
har'pist 
SLC  c6r'di  on 
cas'ta  net 


flageolet        flag'eo  I6t' 
violoncello    ^a'o  Ion  eel' 
(ch6l)  lo 
jew*s-harp    jew'§'-harp' 
clarinet         clar'i  ngf 
harmoniconhar  mSn'i  con 
guitar  gui  tar' 

harpsichord  harp'si  c/iord 
dulcimer       dtirgi  mer 
concertina    cSn'ger  ti'na 
sonata  so  na'ta 

metronome  mSt'ro  nom<? 
saxophone    sS,x'o  phone 
tambourine  t^m'bow  rme' 


zither 

viola 

melodious 

virtuoso 

violinist 

contralto 

rhythmic 

baritone 

melodeon 


zith'er 

vi  ola 

me  lo'di  ous 

vir'tu  o'so 

vi'o  Hn'ist 

con  tr3.1  (or  tral)  to 

r/iytii'mic 

ba.r'i  tone 

me  lo'de  on 


accompaniment  ac  com'pa  ni  ment  mandolin  or  line   m^n'do  lin 

Virtuoso,  an  expert  performer. 
Metronome,  an  instrument  for  marking  exact  time. 
Sonata,  a  musical  composition  in  more  than  one  movement. 
Castanet,  an  instrument  made  of  two  spoon-shaped  pieces  of 
ivory. 

Chromatic,  proceeding  by  half-tones  of  the  scale. 
Prima  donna,  the  leading  female  singer  in  an  opera. 
Oratorio,  a  sacred  theme  set  to  music. 
Arpeggio,  the  tones  of  a  chord  in  rapid  succession. 


andante 


allegro 


crescendo 


diminuendo 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


phenomena 
*athletics 
cartilage 
college 
participant 
derrick 
pennant 
lyceum 
incentive 
hazard 
hurricane 
isolate 
mandatory 
notoriety 
persuasive 
matinee 
pamphlet 
obscene 
predicament 
pacify 
syndicate 
precipice 
quarrelsome 
*Notice  that 


phe  nSm'e  na 
ath  let'ics 
car'ti  lage 
c6Vlege 
par  tig'i  pant 
dgrVick 
pSn'nant 
ly  9e'um 
in  ggn'tive 
haz'ard 
hiir'ri  cane 
i'(orI)solate 
m3-n'da  to  ry 
no'to  ri'e  ty 


per  sua'(swa)  sive  revengeful 


mat'i  nee' 
pS,m'phlet 
ob  scene' 
pre  dic'a  ment 
pag'i  fy 
sjna'di  cate 
prgg'i  ptge 
quarVel  some 


strat'a  gem 
6b'se  quie§ 
ob  se'qui  ous 
skgp'ti  cal 
dSc'u  ment 
stu'pe  fy 
pre  gip'i  tate  ly 
psalm. 
u'til  ize 
spe'cie  (she) 
stir'rup 
un  pSr'al  Zeled 
reg'ur  rgc'tion 
c6m'men  ta  ry 
re  v6nge'ful 
satisfactorily  sat'is  fac'to  ri  ly 


stratagem 

obsequies 

obsequious 

skeptical 

document 

stupefy 

precipitately 

psalm 

utilize 

specie 

stirrup 

unparalleled 

resurrection 

commentary 


archives 

centenary 

emanate 

aqueduct 

liquefy 

champagne 


ar'c/iiveg 
96n'te  na  ry 
6m'a  nate 
Sq'ue  duct 
hq'ue  fy 
^ham  pa^e' 


commendable  cow  mgn'da  ble 


there  are  but  three  syllables  in  this  word. 
Common  Expressions 


captured  the  pennant 
came  into  notoriety 
strange  phenomena 
mandatory  decree 
form  a  syndicate 
quarrelsome  person 
commendable  piece  of  work 


isolate  the  patient 
obscene  language 
acted  precipitately 
specie  payment 
placed  in  the  archives 
satisfactorily  settled 
pacify  the  creditors 


parquet 


impromptu  palatial 


obscenity 


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LESSON  140 

Spelling  Down  List 


exasperate 

erroneous 

helical 

valise 

condenser 

aggregate 

capitalist 

consecutively 

tonneau 

stanchion 

evaporate 

superfluous 

financier 

employee 

coalition 

syndicate 

exorbitant 

methodical 

celerity 

ascertain 

quadrant 

stalwart 

gauge 

resources 

trestle 


accustom 

February 

discern 

specimen 

permissible 

especially 

license 

symmetry 

curriculum 

assimilation 

hangar 

installment 

exchequer 

proprietor 

originate 

observance 

scandalous 

procedure 

incessant 

minority 

livelihood 

critical 

diminutive 

distinguished 

collateral 


dirigible 

notification 

emphasis 

predicament 

renovate 

irreproachable 

cahber 

pneumatic 

consignment 

automatic 

indispensable 

sacrifice 

knowledge 

facilitate 

majesty 

accompaniment 

immaculate 

taxicab 

connivance 

aeronaut 

venomous 

embarrassment 

miscellaneous 

equalizer 

speculate 


satisfactorily 

discs 

fundamental 

memorize 

muffler 

puncture 

witticism 

intimidate 

extenuation 

labyrinth 

notoriety 

endorsement 

indicative 

porcelain 

diligent 

receptacle 

exhilarate 

procrastinate 

impostor 

spectacle 

operatic 

affidavit 

intercede 

rhythmic 

clarinet 


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Miscellaneous  Words 

fiery 

fi'ery 

chieftain 

chieftain 

picturesque  pJc'tur  6sque' 

assurance 

as  sur'(shur)an5e 

politics 

p6l'i  tics 

accomplice 

ac  cQm'plIge 

furnace 

Mr'nage 

circumstances 

gir'cum  stan  qe§ 

assessment 

as  s6ss'ment 

bachelor 

bach'e  lor 

monopolist 

mo  n5p'o  list 

voluminous 

vo  lu'mi  nous 

cupola 

cu'po  la 

individual 

In'di  vid'u  al 

etiquette 

St'i  quette 

rivalry 

ri'val  ry 

colossal 

CO  ISs'sal 

luncheon 

Itinch'eon 

bonus 

bo'nus 

immaterial 

im'ma  te'ri  al 

baboon 

bab  oon' 

disguise 

dis  gm§e' 

challenge 

ch^Vlenge 

forehead 

ibre'head 

primer 

prim'er 

enthusiasm 

en  thu'gi  a§m 

delegate 

dgl'e  gate 

chapel 

chap'el 

advancemen 

it  ad  vange'ment 

symmetrical 

sym  mgt'ri  caK 

autumn 

aw'tumn 

novice 

nSv^ge 

giraffe 

gl  raff  e' 

coveted 

cov'et  ed 

primarily 

pri  ma'ri  ly 

almanac 

al'ma  nac 

leopard 

Igop'ard 

croquet 

cro  quel' 

vicinity 

vJ  yin'i  ty 

development 

de  vgrop  ment 

academy 

a  cad'e  my 

enticing 

en  ti'ging 

invariably 

in  va'ri  a  bly 

innovation 

In'no  va'tion 

Common  Expressions 


offer  a  bonus 
fiery  eloquence 
assurance  of  success 
favorable  circumstances 
enticing  aspect 
appear  in  disguise 
primarily  intended 
delegate  to  the  convention 
symmetrical  in  shape 


coveted  honor 
invariably  correct 
dislike  innovations 
novice  in  the  business 
accessory  before  the  fact 
development  of  the  country 
burial  services 
individual  preference 
this  city  and  vicinity 


academician        beneficent      burlesque       fluctuate 


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LESSON  142 

Countries 

North  America 

Country 

Capita] 

[ 

Canada 

Can'a  da 

Ottawa 

Ot'^a  wa 

Newfoundland  New'found  land'St.  John's 

Samt  Jbhns 

United  States  U  ni'ted  States 

Washington 

Wash'ing  ton 

Mexico 

M6x'i  CO 

Mexico  City 

Honduras 

Hon  du'ras 

Tegucigalpa 

Te  gu'gi  gal'pa 

Nova  Scotia 

No'va  Sco'ti  a 

Halifax 

Hal'i  fax 

Panama 

Pan'a  ma' 

Panama 

Alaska 

A  las'ka 

Juneau 

Ju'neau'(no) 

Nicaragua 

Nic'a  ra'gua 

Managua 

Mana'gua(gwa) 

Porto  Rico 

Por'to  Ri'co 

San  Juan 

San  hwan' 

Cuba 

Cu'ba 

Havana 

Ha  va'na 

Guatemala 

Gwa'te  ma'la 

Guatemala 

Jamaica 

Ja  mai'ca 

Kingston 

King'ston 

Salvador 

Sal'va  dor' 

San  Salvador 

San  SalVa  dor' 

Costa  Rica 

Cos'ta  Rfca 

San  Jose 

San  ho  se' 

Haiti 

HM'ti 

Port  au  Prince 

Port'o  Prlnge' 

Philippine 

Phil'ip  pine 

Manila 

Ma  nil'a 

Islands 

Ha-waii 

Ha  wa'ye 

Honolulu 

Ho'no  lu'lu 

Santo  Domingo     San'to  Do  : 

mii^'go  Santo  Domingo 

South  America 

Bolivia 

Bo  liv'i  a 

Sucre 

Su'cre 

Brazil 

Bra  zU' 

Rio  de  Janeiro 

Ri'o  de  Ja  (zha) 
ne?^'ro 

ITruguay 

U'ru  gway 

Montevideo 

M6n'te  vid'e  o 

Argentina 

Ar'gen  ti'na 

Buenos  Aires 

Bwe'nos  Ai'res 

Paraguay 

P^r'a  gwa?/ 

Asuncion 

A  sun'gi  on 

Ecuador 

Ec'wa  dor' 

Quito 

Qwi'to 

Chile  or  Chili     Chi'le  or  CMFi  Santiago 

San'ti  a'go 

Venezuela 

V6n'e  zwe'la 

Caracas 

Ca  ra'cas 

British  Guiana  Gui  an'a 

Georgetown 

George'town 

Dutch  Guiana 

Paramaribo 

Par'a  mar'i  bo 

French  Guiana 

Cayenne 

Csiy  6nne' 

Colombia 

Co  lom'bi  a 

Bogota 

Bo'go  ta' 

Peru 

Peru' 

Lima 

Li'ma 

Patagonia 

Pat'a  go'ni  a 

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campaign 

calumniate 

cochineal 

thermal 

sarsaparilla 

epistolary 

surroundings 

hazardous 

distribution 

passable 

series 

suicide 

larceny 

solicit 

scourge 

tuition 

solicitor 

penitentiary 

mutilate 

officious 

maniacal 

continuing 

devices 


LESSON  143 
Miscellaneous  Words 
recitation 
missile 


cam  psiign 
ca  Itim'ni  ate 
c6ch'i  neal 
ther'mal 
sar'sa  pa  riVla. 
e  p!s'to  la  ry 
sur  round'ings 
haz'ar  dous 
dis'tri  bu'tioi^ 
pas'sa  ble 
se'rie§ 
su'i  gide 
lar  96  ny 
so  lig'it 
scourge 
tu  i'tion 
so  llg'i  tor 
p6n'i  tgn'tia  ry 
mu'ti  late 
of  fi'cious 
ma  nl'a  cal 
con  tin'u  ing 
de  vi'geg 


monopoly 

condolence 

absence 

scheme 

Wednesday 

testamentary 

bargain 

character 

cyclone 

villain 

raiment 

clemency 

committee 

peculiarity 

exaggerate 

disagree 

explicit 

movable 

omission 

solicited 

oblique 


rgg'i  ta'tion 

mfe'slle 
mo  n6p'o  ly 
con  do'lenge 
S-b'senge 
scheme 
W6c^ne§'da2/ 
tSs'ta  mgn'ta  ry 
bar'gain 
cAar'ac  ter 
gy'clone 
vll'lain 
rai'ment 
clSm'en  gy 
com  mlt'^ee 
pe  cu'li  S-r'i  ty 
ex  Sg^er  ate 
dls'a  gree' 
ex  pUg'it 
mgv'a  ble 
o  mis'sion 
so  llg'i  ted 
ob  liqi^e' 


Common  Expressions 


raised  the  tuition 
varied  devices 
solicit  alms 
campaign  against  vice 
musical  recital 
monopoly  of  trade 
bargains  offered 


met  the  deficiency 
letter  of  condolence 
in  chronological  order 
mutilate  the  body 
hurled  the  missile 
doctors  disagree 
repetition  of  the  offense 


remodeling       chronological       whimsical       unique 


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LESS 

;0N  144 

Countries 

Europe 

Asia 

Russia 

Russian 

Siberia 

Siberian 

Sweden 

Swedish 

Japan 

Japanese 

Norway 

Norwegian 

China 

Chinese 

Germany- 

German 

Tibet 

Tibetan 

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian 

Hindustan  or 

Turkey 

Turkish 

Hindostan 

East  Indian 

Greece 

Grecian  or  Greek  India 

Indian 

Servia 

Servian  or  Serb 

Afghanistan 

Afghan 

Montenegro 

Montenegrin 

Persia 

Persian 

Austria 

Austrian 

Arabia 

Arabian 

Hungary 

Hungarian 

Mongolia 

Mongolian 

France 

French 

Annamor 

Italy 

Italian 

Anam 

Anamese 

England 

English 

Indo-China 

Indo-Chinese 

Scotland 

Scotch  or 

Korea 

Korean 

Scottish 

Baluchistan 

Baluch 

Ireland 

Irish 

Siam 

Siamese 

Wales 

Welsh 

Africa 

Denmark 

Danish 

Tunis 

Tunisian 

Holland 

Dutch 

Algeria 

Algerine 

Belgium 

Belgian 

Tripoli 

Tripolitan 

Switzerland 

Swiss 

Morocco 

Moor 

Roumania  or 

Roumanian  or 

Egypt 

Egyptian 

Rumania 

Rumanian 

Abyssinia 

Abyssinian 

Spain 

Spanish 

Portugal 

Portuguese 

Baluchistan 

Ba  lu'chis  tan' 

Afghanistan 

Af  g/ian'i  Stan 

DaDish 

Dan'ish 

Tibet           Ti  bSt'  or  TIb'et 

Siam 

Si  am'  (or  am) 

Anam          A  n^m'  (or  nam) 

Australian  Federation 

New  South  Wales 

Tasmania 

Victoria 

New  Zealand 

South  Australia 

Tigi  Islands 

Queensland 

British  New  Guinea 

Western  Australia 

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Review 

vicinity 

Jamaica 

San  Juan              Hawaii 

committee 

unique 

hazardous             luncheon 

Haiti 

delegate 

innovation            Egyptian 

almanac 

Philippine 

Nicaragua            Panama 

mutilate 

penitentiary 

politics                  accomplice 

thorough 

invariably 

Arabian                 campaign 

Norwegian 

repetition 

soHcitor                Ecuador 

accessory- 

Buenos  Aires 

colossal                 forehead 

Grecian 

Portuguese 

calumniate           Honolulu 

Uruguay- 

monopolist 

Argentina             Ottawa 

perspiration 

Manila 

disagree                continuing 

fiery- 

deficiency* 

Afghanistan         Japanese 

Abyssinia 

exaggerate 

LESSON  146 

Miscellaneous  Words 

summit 

stim'mit 

harangue               ha  r&ngue' 

sarcasm 

sar'ca§m 

copyist                    c6p'y  ist 

beneficial 

bSn'e  fi'cial 

sarcastic                 sar  c^s'tic 

solemn 

s6l'emn 

heliotrope              he'li  o  trope 

bouquet 

bou  quel' 

appurtenance        ap  ptlr'te  nange 

agitate 

ag'i  tate 

chrysanthemum  c/irys  an'the  mum 

flourishing  floiir'ish  ing 

*nasturtium           nas  tur'tium 

faculty 

fa  9n'i  ty 

(shum) 

terminus 

ter'mi  nus 

commensurate     com  mgn'su 

precinct 

pre'gii^ct 

(shu)  rate 

extirpate 

gx'tir  pate 

criterion                 cri  te'ri  on 

avoirdupois  av'oir  du  poi§' 

♦Notice  that  this  word  ends  in  m. 

Common  Expressions 

summit  of  his  hopes 

sarcastic  remarks 

beneficial  results 

avoirdupois  weight 

solemn 

occasion 

all  the  appurtenances  thereto 

fallacious  reasoning 

bouquet  of  chrysanthemums 

railway  terminus 

agitate  the  question 

voting  precinct 

a  screeching  calhope 

calliope 


catalpa 


bouillon 


genealogy 


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LESSON  147 

Rivers 

Africa 

South  America 

Nile 

Nile 

Amazon 

Am'a  zon 

Niger 

Ni'ger 

Madeira 

Ma  dei'ra 

Congo  or 

C5n'go 

Parana 

Pa  ra'na 

Kongo 

Plata 

Pla'ta 

Zambezi 

Zam  be'zi 

San  Francisco  San'  Fran  ^Is'co 

Orange 

Or'ange 

Rio  Negro 

Ri'o  Ne'gro 

North  America 

Orinoco 

O'ri  no'co 

Mississippi 

MJss'is  sJp'pi 

Asia 

<1)  Missouri 

Mis  sow' (or  sQw)rI  Yenisei 

Y6'ni  s6'i 

St.  Lawrence 

Samt  Lsiw'renqe 

Hwang  or 

Hwang  or 

Saskatchewan  Sas  ka^ch'e  wan 

Hwangho 

Hwang'ho' 

(2)Rio  Grande 

Ri'o  Gran'de 

Lena 

Le'na 

(3)Arkansas 

Xr'kan  sas 

Obi 

O'bi  (b^) 

Columbia 

Co  liim'bi  a 

Amur 

Amur' 

Ohio 

0  hi'o 

Euphrates 

Eu  phra'te§ 

(4)Allegheny 

A.Vle  ghe^ny 

Ganges 

Gan'ge§ 

Red 

RSd 

Indus 

In'dus 

Colorado 

Csro  ra'do 

Europe 

Kennebec 

Kgn'ne  b6c' 

Volga 

V6l'ga 

Penobscot 

Pe  n5b'scot 

Danube 

Dan'ube 

Connecticut 

Con  ngct'i  cut 

Ural 

U'ral 

Tennessee 

Tgnn'es  see' 

Don 

D6n 

Potomac 

Po  to'mac 

Dnieper 

Dnie'per 

Cumberland 

Ctira'ber  land 

Rhine 

Rhine 

Yukon 

Yu'kon 

Australia 

Hudson 

Hud'son 

Murray 

Mtir'ray 

(1)  Notice  the  pronunciation  of  the  last  syllable. 
(2)Be  careful  to  give  two  syllables  to  the  last  word. 
(3)The  last  syllable  is  pronounced  like  the  word  saw. 
(4) Notice  the  e  in  the  third  syllable. 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


catechism  cat'e  chi^m 

beguile  be  gulW 

benign  be  ni^' 

drought  or  drought  or 

drouth  drouth 

docile  dSg'ile 

disheveled  di  shgv'eled 

eightieth  eigh'ti  eth 

guerrilla  or  guer  rfl'Za 

guerilla 

fracas  fra'cas 
hemorrhage  hgm'or  r/iage 

illiteracy  iZ  lifer  a  gy 

physique  phy  §'iqwe' 

interrogate  in  t6r'ro  gate 
inauguration  in  aw'gu  ra'tion 

juvenile  ju've  nlle 

luxuriance  lux  u'ri  ange 

salivary  sal'i  va  ry 

imbecile  im'be  gile 
justification  jus'ti  fi  caption 

laudable  lai^d'a  big 

marketable  mar'ket  a  ble 

incendiary  in  ggn'di  a  ry 

italicize  1  tai'i  gize 


lacerate  lag'er  ate 

melancholy       mgran  chol  y 
solemnity  so  l6m'ni  ty 

urbanity  ur  ban'i  ty 

indomitable      in  d6m'i  ta  ble 
miraculous        mi  r^c'u  bus 
caterpillar  cat'er  pillar 

boycott  bo/coti 

sanguinary        sSr^'gui  (gwi) 

na  ry 
varicose  v^r'i  cose 

psychological    psy'cho  l6g' 

i  cal 
alluvial  aZ  lu'vi  al 

treasonable        trea'§on  a  ble 
intrinsic  in  trfn'sic 

disqualification  dis  qual'i  fi  ca'^tion 
premise  prgm'ise 

amplified  am'pli  fled 

narcotic  nar  c6t'ic 

metamorphosismgt'a  mor'pho  sis 


sinecure 
toboggan 
chronic 
mercurial 


si  ne  cure 
to  bog'^an 
cArSn'ic 
mer  cu'ri  al 


Alluvial,  relating  to  deposits  made  by  rivers. 

Indomitable,  not  easily  conquered. 

Urbanity,  courtesy  of  manners. 

Sanguinary,  bloody. 

Varicose,  in  a  swollen  condition  (said  of  the  veins). 

Metamorphosis,  complete  change. 

Sinecure,  a  position  requiring  little  labor. 

Mercurial,  easily  changing. 

Imbecile,  weak-minded. 

Incendiary,  pertaining  to  the  malicious  burning  of  property. 


mu-age 


spinach 


desiccated 


succotash 


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Cities 
Spokane 
Galveston 
Salt  Lake  City 
Poughkeepsie 
Pittsburgh 
Harrisburg 
Cincinnati 
Des  Moines 
Louisville 
Helena 
Da3rton 
Sioux  Falls 
Cheyenne 
Evansville 
Marquette 
Houston 
Tucson 
Oshkosh 
Bellingham 
Baltimore 
Denver 
Worcester 
Chicago 
Minneapolis 
St.  Joseph 
Santa  Fe 
Dubuque 
Milwaukee 
Peoria 
Ann  Arbor 
Mobile 
Baton  Rouge 
Boise 
Portland 


LESSON  149 

Spo  kane' 
GM'ves  ton 
Salt  Lake  Cit'y 
Fough  kip'sie 
mts'hmgh 
HS,r'ris  burg 
Cin'gin  nat'I 
Des  Moines' 
Low'is  (or  1)  yille 
Here  na 
Dai/'ton 
Sioux  FalZ§ 
Chey  6nne' 
Ev'an§  vilZe 
Mar  qu^tte' 
Hgws'ton 
Tuc  s5n' 
Osh'kosh 
B&Vlmg  ham 
Bal'ti  more 
Dgn'ver 
Wgrces'ter 
^hi  ca'go 
Min'ne  2-p'o  lis 
Samt  Jo'§eph 
San'ta  Fe' 
Du  buque' 
Mil  wai^'kee 
Pe  o'ri  a 
Aim  Ar'bor 
Mo  bile' 
Bat'on  Roozh' 
Boi'se 
Port'la,nd 


States 
Washington 
Texas 
Utah 

New  York 
Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania 
Ohio 
Iowa 

Kentucky 
Montana 
Ohio 

South  Dakota 
Wyoming 
Indiana 
Michigan 
Texas 
Arizona 
Wisconsin 
Washington 
Maryland 
Colorado 
Massachusetts 
Illinois 
Minnesota 
Missouri 
New  Mexico 
Iowa 

Wisconsin 
Illinois 
Michigan 
Alabama 
Louisiana 
Idaho 
Maine,  Oregon 


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LESSON  150 

Review 

incendiary 

Oshkosh 

Louisville 

Boise 

beneficial 

intrinsic 

Colorado 

terminus 

Cheyenne 

fictitious 

hemorrhage 

medicinal 

copyist 

desiccated 

Des  Moines 

Worcester 

Arkansas 

Tucson 

precinct 

Dubuque 

eightieth 

Hwang 

Cincinnati 

Orinoco 

disqualification  Missouri 

physique 

beguile 

inauguration 

commensurate 

St.  Lawrence 

facility 

Potomac 

boycott 

Sioux  Falls 

toboggan 

criterion 

chronic 

genealogy 

Connecticut 

marketable 

luscious 

Columbia 

illiterate 

Allegheny 

Tennessee 

Helena 

Marquette 

amplified 

Baton  Rouge 

LESSON  151 

Miscellaneous  Words 

malady 

mal'a  dy 

census 

ggn'sus 

phaeton 

pha'e  ton 

tactics 

tac'tics 

reprisal 

re  pri'gal 

trepanning 

tre  pSn'ning 

surcingle 

sAr'gin  gle 

thralldom  or 

thrairdom 

barouche 

ba  rouqhe' 

thraldom 

ragamuffin 

r^g'a  muf  7in 

cornucopia 

cor'nu  co'pi  a 

plagiarize 

pla'gi  a  Ylze 

miscreant 

mis'cre  ant 

reciprocal 

re  gip'ro  cal 

anmiunition 

am'wu  nl'tion 

marginal 

mar'gi  nal 

classification 

clas'si  fi  ca'tion 

illegitimate 

il7e  git'i  mate 

terminals 

ter'mi  nal§ 

aghast 

a  g/iast' 

requisition 

rgq'ui  §f  tion 

Plagiarize, 
credit. 

Trepannin: 

to  take  another' 

s  ideas,  words. 

etc.,  without  due 

g,  removing  a  port 

ion  of  the  skull. 

Requisition,  a  demand  made  by  proper  authority,  especially  a 

demand  for  si: 

ipplies  or  stock  needed. 

Common  Expressions 
bill  of  lading  military  tactics 

act  of  clemency  rounds  of  ammunition 

the  state  census  a  close  classification 


initiative 


lading  politician 


referendum 


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Cities 
Richmond 
Guthrie 
Oakland 
Kalamazoo 
Los  Angeles 
Butte 
Memphis 
Pueblo 
Jersey  City 
Eau  Claire 
Bridgeport 
Seattle 
Omaha 
Savannah 
Nashville 
Trenton 
Toledo 
Chattanooga 
Covington 
Winona 
Pasadena 
Portsmouth 
Duluth 
Tacoma 
Champaign 
Lexington 
Birmingham 
Atlanta 
Cambridge 
Detroit 
Kansas  City 
New  Haven 
Newark 
Grand  Rapids 
St.  Louis 


LESSON  152 

RIch'mond 
Gtith'rfe 
Oak'land 
KS;l'a  ma  zoo' 
Los  Ai^'gel  6s 
But^e 
Mgm'phis 
Pu  6b'lo 
Jer'gey  git'y 
Eau'(O)  Claire' 
Bric^ge'port 
Se  at'de 
O'ma  ha' 
Sa  vS.n'na/i 
Nash'viKe 
Trgn'ton 
To  le'do 
Chat'^a  noo'ga 
Cov'ing  ton 
Wi  no'na 
P^s'a  de'na 
Ports'mouth 
Du  luth' 
Ta  co'ma 
Cham  pai^^n' 
Lgx'ing  ton 
Bir'ming  ham 
At  l^n'ta 
Cam'bridge 
De  troit' 
Kan'gas  Qty 
New  Ha'ven 
New'ark 
GrS-nd  R^p'idg 
Samt  Lgu'is  or  1 


States 
Virginia 
Oklahoma 
California 
Michigan 
California 
Montana 
Tennessee 
Colorado 
New  Jersey- 
Wisconsin 
Connecticut 
Washington 
Nebraska 
Georgia 
Tennessee 
New  Jersey 
Ohio 

Tennessee 
Kentucky 
Minnesota 
Cahfornia 
New  Hampshire 
Minnesota 
Washington 
Illinois 
Kentucky 
Alabama 
Georgia 
Massachusetts 
Michigan 
Missouri 
Connecticut 
New  Jersey 
Michigan 
Missouri 


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LESSON  153 

Miscellaneous  Words 

dissertation        dis'ser  ta'tion        magnanimity  mag'na  nlm'i  ty 

filigree  firi  gree  abolition  ab'o  li'tion 

superannuated  su'per  an'nu  a  ted  hallucination  haZ  lu'^i  na'tion 


naphtha 

pageant 

hydrophobia 

rabies 

disparaging 

thoroughfare 

hybrid 

defalcation 

casino 

infinitesimal 

ebullition 

puerile 

vermilion 

derelict 

egregious 

herculean 

felonious 

arable 

abolish 

artificial 


n^ph'tha 
pag'  eant 
hy'dro  pho'bi  a 
ra'bi  es 
dis  par'a  ging 
thor^ough  fare' 
hy'brid 
dSf'al  caption 
ca  si'no 

in'fin  i  tSs'i  mal 
&Wul  irtion 
pu'er  ile 


irrelevant 

irreverent 

loquacious 

elliptical 

caricature 

stimulating 

dissimilar 

circuitous 

hypocrisy 


ir  rSFe  vant 
ir  rSv'er  ent 
lo  qua'cious 
el  llp'ti  cal 
car'i  ca  ture 
stim'u  la  ting 
dis  s!m'i  lar 
9ir  cu'i  tous 
hy  p6c'ri  sy 


paraphernalia  p^r'a  pher  na'li  a. 
billiards  birZiards  (y  ard§) 


vermicelli 


ver  mirion  (yon)  nucleus 


analysis 

maraschino 

sherbet 

omnipresent 

myriad 

ocular 


dgr'e  lict 

e  gre'gious 

her  cti'le  an 

fe  lo'ni  bus 

S-r'a  ble 

a  bO'/ish 

ar'ti  fi'cial 
Hydrophobia,  madness  of  a  dog. 
Rabies,  madness  from  the  bite  of  a  dog. 
Ebullition,  an  outburst  or  bubbling  up. 
Derelict,  abandoned;  a  thing  abandoned. 
Hybrid,  a  cross  breed. 
Infinitesimal,  very  small  in  amount. 
Herculean,  requiring  great  strength. 


ver 'mi  g&Vll 
nu'cle  us 
a  nal'y  sis 
m^r'a  scM'no 
sher'bet 
6m 'ni  pr6§'ent 
myr'i  ad 
6c'u  lar 


embezzlement  em  bgz'^le  ment- 


Common  Expressions 

disparaging  comment 
egregious  blunder 
felonious  intent 


abolition  of  capital  punishment 
maraschino  cherries 
a  circuitous  route 


sobriquet         desuetude         innocuous         solecism 


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Cities 
Albany 
Providence 
Hartford 
Escanaba 
Wichita 
Montpelier 
Schenectady 
Charleston 
Tampa 
Montgomery 
Natchez 
Pierre 
Ypsilanti 
Bangor 
Norfolk 
Cleveland 
San  Antonio 
New  Orleans 
Buffalo 
Scranton 
Fond  du  Lac 
Joliet 
San  Jose 
Boston 
Aberdeen 
Boulder 
Burlington 

Baleigh 

Lowell 

Princeton 

Brooklyn 

Rochester 

Syracuse 

Indianapolis 


LESSON  154 

Al'ba  ny 

Pr5v'i  denge 

Hart'ford 

Es'ca  na'ba 

Wlch'i  ta 

Mont  pel'ier  (yer) 

Sche  ngc'ta  dy 

Charks'ton 

Tam'pa 

Mont  gom'er  y 

Na^ch'ez 

Pierre 

Yp'si  lan'ti 

Ban'gor 

Nor'fo^k 

Cleve'land 

SS,n  An  to'ni  o 

New  Or'le  ans 

Btif'/a  lo 

Scran'ton 

FSnci'du  Lac' 

Jo'li  et 

San  Jo  (ho)  se' 

BSs'ton 

Ab'er  deen' 

Boi^rder 

Bur'ling  ton 

Raleigh 
lio^well 
Pringe'ton 
Brook'lyn 
R6ch'es  ter 
Syr'a  cuse 
In'di  an  ap'o  lis 


States 
New  York 
Rhode  Island 
Connecticut 
Michigan 
Kansas 
Vermont 
New  York 
South  Carolina 
Florida 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
North  Dakota 
Michigan 
Maine 
Virginia 
Ohio 
Texas 
Mississippi 
New  York 
Pennsylvania 
Wisconsin 
Illinois 
California 
Massachusetts 
South  Dakota 
Colorado 
Vermont,  New  Jersey, 

Iowa 
North  Carolina 
Massachusetts 
New  Jersey 
New  York 

New  York,  Minnesota 
New  York 
Indiana 


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LESSON  155 


Review 


farm  machinery 
clemency  of  the  judge 
requisition  papers 
changed  his  tactics 
a  shrewd  politician 
initiative  and  referendum 
herculean  efforts 
artificial  respiration 
arable  land 
the  ostensible  reason 


a  public  thoroughfare 
by  a  circuitous  route 
elliptical  in  form 
abolition  of  slavery 
superannuated  employees 
naphtha  launch 
a  glittering  pageant 
a  case  of  hydrophobia 
vermicelli  soup 


Los  Angeles 

Guthrie 

Champaign 

Pasadena 

Chattanooga 

Winona 
Pueblo 
Seattle 
Butte 
Eau  Claire 

New  Orleans 
Syracuse 
Fond  du  Lac 
Pierre 
Wichita 

Raleigh 
Escanaba 
Schenectady 
San  Jose 
Princeton 

LESSON  156 

Miscellaneous 

garrison 

gSr'ri  son 

pedestrian 

pe  d6s'tri  an 

accountant 

ac  coun'tant 

valentine 

varen  tine 

enfranchise 

en  fran'chlge 

ovation 

o  va'tion 

diabolical 

dl'a  bSl'i  cal 

mackerel 

mS,ck'er  el 

epidemic 

Sp'i  dgm'ic 

desperation 

dgs'per  a'tion 

mustache  or 

mus  taghe' 

conjecture 

con  jgc'ture 

moustache 

participle 

par'ti  qi  pie 

escapade 

6s'ca  pade' 

celluloid 

ggrZu  loid 

oblivion 

ob  Uv'i  on 

vigilance 

\^i  lange 

telescope 

tel'e  scope 

trapeze 

tra  peze' 

plantain 

plan'tain 

interview 

in'ter  view 

Common  Expressions 

consigned  to  oblivion 
epidemic  of  measles 
garrison  the  fort 
an  expert  accountant 

a  mackerel  sky 
loose  conjecture 
celluloid  collar 
aboriginal  inhabitants 

holocaust        mechanical        aboriginal        anatomy 


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LESSON  157 

Cities 

Countries 

Montreal 

M6n'tre  al' 

Canada 

Quebec 

Que  b6c' 

Canada 

Peking  or  PekiD 

L      Peeking' 

China 

Budapest 

Bu'da  p6st' 

Austro-Hungarjr 

Yokohama 

Yo'ko  ha'ma 

Japan 

Sheffield 

Shgf'/ield 

England 

Melbourne 

M^rbourne 

Australia 

London 

Lon'don 

England 

Sydney 

Sj^d'ney 

Austraha^, 

Stockholm 

St6ck'holm 

Sweden 

Berlin 

Ber  lin' 

Germany 

Nice 

Ni'ge 

Italy 

Moscow 

(l)M6s'cow; 

Russia 

Marseilles 

Mar  se'y 

France^ 

Vienna 

Vi  Sn'na 

Austria 

Constantinople 

Con  st^n'ti  no'ple 

Turkey 

Athens 

Ath'ens 

Greece 

Liverpool 

Liv'er  pool 

England^ 

Belfast 

Bel'fast 

Ireland 

Warsaw 

War'saw; 

Russia. 

Calcutta 

Cai  ctit'^a 

India 

Lisbon 

Li§'bon 

Portugal 

'St.  Petersburg 

Samt  Pe'ters  burg 

Russia 

Prague 

(2)Prak 

Austria 

Brussels 

(3)Briis'seIs 

Belgiumi 

Amsterdam 

Am'ster  dam 

HoUandi 

Paris 

(4)Par'is 

France 

Christiania  or 

Kris'ti  an'i  a 

Kristiania 

Norway 

Copenhagen 

(5)Co'pen  ha'gen 

Denmark: 

Venice 

(6)V6n'iQe 

Italy 

Glasgow 

Gias'goiz;  (ko) 

Scotland 

Dublin 

Dtib'lin 

Ireland 

Birmingham 

Bir'ming  ham 

England" 

Edinburgh 

Ed'in  bur  o 

Scotlandl 

(1)  Russian,  M6s'kva. 

' 

(2)  Bohemian  Pra'ha. 

(3)French,  Bruxelles,  Brus'61'. 

(4)  French,  Pa 

re'. 

(5)Danish,  Ku'b'n  ha'v'n. 

(6)Itanan,  Venezia,  Ve  ngt'sya. 

*This  has  been  officially  changed  (1914)  to  PetrogradL 

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Miscellaneous  Words 


intervention 

elaborate 

underlying 

dungeon 

incarceration 

remedies 

flexibility 

rectitude 

sterile 

alleged 

menaced 

conservation 

candidacy 

international 

tackling 

symptoms 

indefinite 

optimistic 

pessimistic 

delicacy 

agitation 

illuminating 

interminable 
Optimistic, 
Pessimistic, 


popularity 
evanescent 
steadfast 


Xn'ter  ygn'tion 

e  l3,b'o  rate 

lin'der  ly'ing 

diin'geon 

in  car'<jer  a'tion 

r6m'e  die§ 

flgx'i  bll'i  ty 

rSc'ti  tude 

stgr'fle 

aZ  l^ged' 

mSn'aged 

cQn'ser  va'tion 

cSn'di  da  gy 

in'ter  nS,'tion  al 

tack'ling 

sjhiip'tom§ 

in  dgf'i  nite 

6p'ti  mis' tic 

pgs'si  mls'tic 

del'i  ca  gy 

ag'i  ta'tion 

il  lu'mi  na  ting 

in  ter'min  a  ble 

looking  on  the  bright  side. 

looking  on  the  dark  side. 


p6p'u  iSx'i  ty 
6v'an  Ss'cent 
stgad'fast 


retrospection  rSt'ro  spgc'tion 


inclination 

confiscated 

undeniable 

marauder 

depredation 

desertion 

realities 

radically 

cannonade 

humanity 

decencies 

oppression 


in'cli  na'tion 
cSn'fis  ca  ted 
tin'de  ni'a  ble 
ma  raw'der 
dSp're  da'tion 
de  §er'tion 
re  &ri  ties 
r^d'i  cal  ly 
c3,n'non  ade' 
hu  m^n'i  ty 
de'gen  gie§ 
op  prSs'sion 
predominating  pre  dSm'i  na  ting 
respiratory       re  spi'ra  to  ry 
invalidate         in  val'i  date 
browbeat  brow'beat' 

sergeant  ser'(sar)  geant 

objectionable  ob  jgc'tion  a  ble 
voluntarily       v6Fun  ta'ri  ly 


Common  Expressions 


voluntarily  resign 
illuminating  purposes 
radically  wrong 

forbearance  ceases  to  be  a  virtue 
conservation  of  natural  resources 
browbeat  the  witness 
symptoms  are  favorable 


observe  the  decencies  of  life 
sergeant-at-arms 
property  is  confiscated 
evanescent  popularity 
comparatively  few 
international  agreement 
favor  his  candidacy 


undulation      vicissitude      carnivorous      vivisection 


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Administrative  Departments  of  the  Government 
administrative 


treasury 

collection 

disbursement 

bureau 

military 

supervision 

academy 

transmission 

periodicals 

parcel 

delivery 

interior 

census 

documents 

pension 

federal 

authorities 

litigation 

agriculture 

scientific 

investigation 

diseases 

forestry 

statistics 


Department  of  State 
Relations  with  foreign  states. 

Department  of  the  Treasury 
Collection  and  disbursement  of  pubhc  revenues. 
Supervision  of  National  banks. 
Coinage  of  money. 
Bureau  of  Printing  and  Engraving. 

Department  of  War 
Supervision  of  military  forces  and  defenses; 
West  Point  Military  Academy. 

Post-office  Department 
Transmission  and  delivery  of  letters,  period- 
icals, parcels  and  money. 

Department  of  the  Navy 
Supervision  of  the  naval  forces;  Naval  Academy 
at  Annapohs  and  Naval  War  College  at 
Newport. 

Department  of  the  Interior 
Supervision  of  the  census,  Indian  affairs,  public 

documents. 
Pension  office. 
Patent  office. 

Department  of  Justice 
Furnishing  of  legal  advice  to  federal  authorities. 
Supervision  of  litigation  where  the  United  States 
is  a  party. 

Department  of  Agriculture 
Collection  of  information  on  diseases  of  plants. 
Scientific  investigation. 
Forestry. 
Weather  Bureau. 

Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor 
Collection  and  pubhcation  of  statistics  regard- 
ing laborers. 


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Spelling 

Down  List 

burial 

Cheyenne 

calumniate 

offensive 

Panama 

census 

interrogate 

referendum 

villain 

irrelevant 

miraculous 

Guiana 

Colorado 

sherbet 

appurtenance 

Guthrie 

beneficent 

Ypsilanti 

illuminating 

hazardous 

Rio  Grande 

Vienna 

Tennessee 

Yokohama 

Philippine 

emanate 

celluloid 

fluctuate 

avoirdupois 

radically 

Boise 

comparatively 

filigree 

Venezuela 

Schenectady 

sandwich 

delegate 

Butte 

marketable 

New  Zealand 

Fond  du  Lac 

accomplice 

Cincinnati 

requisition 

Algiers 

penitentiary 

initiative 

Saskatchewan 

continuing 

Poughkeepsie 

defalcation 

Kalamazoo 

St.  Lawrence 

Jamaica 

Pierre 

genealogy 

exaggerate 

malady 

epidemic 

Pasadena 

pedestrian 

Swedish 

vivisection 

laudable 

Tripolitan 

deficiency 

fiery 

Honolulu 

boycott 

Prague 

Nicaragua 

miniature 

Marquette 

vicinity 

Tibet 

Tucson 

ammunition 

Edinburgh 

committee 

menaced 

melancholy 

facility 

Missouri 

caricature 

defenseless 

diabolical 

chieftain 

Wichita 

copyist 

Haiti 

Houston 

Indianapolis 

Los  Angeles 

pageant 

Hawaii 

Marseilles 

sinecure 

beneficial 

harangue 

indefinite 

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Metric  System 

liter 

irter 

hektare       hek'tare 

are 

kre 

Stere            st^re 

meter 

m. 

dekaliter 

Dl. 

decimeter 

dm. 

hektoliter 

HI. 

centimeter 

cm. 

kiloliter 

Kl. 

millimeter 

mm. 

gram 

g- 

dekameter 

Dm. 

decigra,m 

dg. 

hektometer 

Hm. 

centigra-m 

eg. 

kilometer 

Km. 

milligram 

mg. 

deciliter 

dl. 

dekagram 

Dg. 

centiliter 

cl. 

hektogram 

Hg. 

milliliter 

ml. 

kilogram 

kg. 

kilo           kll'o 

A  shortened  form  of  kilogram. 

LESSON  162 

Miscellaneous  Words 

unprejudiced 

un  prgj'u  dl^ed 

vestige           v6s'tige 

indivisible 

in'di  vis'i  ble 

subsequent  siib'se  quent 

chastisement 

ch^s'tise  ment 

beverage        bgv'er  age 

inefficient 

In'e/  fi'cient 

alacrity         a  lac'ri  ty 

gesticulate 

ges  tic'u  late 

intercession  in'ter  gSs'sion 

irresolute 

\r  r6§'o  lute 

flaccid           flac'gid 

refusal 

re  fu'sal 

sacrilege        sSc'ri  lege 

skepticism 

skgp'ti  gigm 

anemone       a  ngm'o  nc 

chaplain 

chap'lain 

homicidal     h6m'i  gid'al 

homeopathy 

ho'me  5p'a  thy 

justifiable     jiis'ti  fi'a  ble 

allopathy 

aZ  l5p'a  thy 

Common  Expressions 

unprejudiced  opinion 
irreparable  injury 
justifiable  homicide 
percussion  caps 
not  a  vestige  remains 
inefficient  help 

a  flaccid  muscle 
gesticulate  wildly 
consent  with  alacrity 
at  a  subsequent  date 
rancid  butter 
homicidal  tendencies 

percussion 


hygienic 


rancid 


malarial 


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Cities 
Council  Bluffs 
Binghampton 
Carson  City 
Paterson 
Huntington 
Wheeling 
Philadelphia 
Altoona 
St.  Augustine 
Manchester 
Nashua 
Elizabeth 
Aurora 
Berkeley 
Knoxville 
Lancaster 
Camden 
Vicksburg 
Lawrence 
Denison 
Saginaw 
Dallas 
Terre  Haute 
Mankato 
Sioux  City 
Wilmington 
Muskogee 
Waterbury 
Hoboken 
Lincoln 
Leavenworth 
Fort  Worth 
La  Crosse 
Reading 


LESSON  163 

Coun'Qil  Bltif/s 

Blng'/?,amp  ton 

Car'son  git'y 

PS-t'er  son 

Htin'ting  ton 

Wheel'ing 

PWFa  dsrphi  a 

Al  too'na 

Samt  Aw'gus  fine' 

M^n'ches  ter 

NS-sh'u  a 

E  li7/a  beth 

ku  ro'ra 

Berke'ley 

Xn5x'vilZe 

Lc^n'cas  ter 

Cam'den 

Vicks'burg 

LaK;'ren9e 

D^n'i  son 

Sag'i  naw; 

DarZas 

T6rVe  Haute'  (hot) 

Man  ka'to 

Szoux  Qi'y 

Wll'ming  ton 

Mus  ko'gee 

Walter  bur  y 

Ho'bo  ken 

Lti^'co/n 

L6aV'en  worth 

Fort  Worth 

La  Cr6sse' 

Rgad'ing 


States 
Iowa 

New  York 
Nevada 
New  Jersey 
West  Virginia 
West  Virginia 
Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania 
Florida 

New  Hampshire 
New  Hampshire 
New  Jersey 
Illinois 
California 
Tennessee 
Pennsylvania 
New  Jersey 
Mississippi 
Massachusetts 
Texas 
Michigan 
Texas 
Indiana 
Minnesota 
Iowa 
Delaware 
Oklahoma 
Connecticut 
New  Jersey 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Texas 
Wisconsin 
Pennsylvania 


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LESSON  164 

Titles  and  their  Abbreviations 

Doctor 

Dr. 

Admiral 

Adm.- 

Honorable 

Hon. 

Corporal 

Corp. 

Member  of  Congress  M.  C. 

Lieutenant 

Lieut. 

Doctor  of  Divinity 

D.  D. 

Sergeant 

Sergt. 

Doctor  of  Laws 

LL.  D. 

Major  General 

Maj.  Gen. 

Doctor  of  Medicine  M.  D. 

Brigadier  General  Brig.  Gen. 

Bachelor  of  Laws 

LL.  B. 

LieutenantGeneral  Lieut.  Gen. 

Doctor  of  the  Civil 

D.  C.  L. 

Aid-de-camp 

A.  D.  C. 

Law 

Attorney 

Atty. 

Mister 

Mr. 

Attorney-general 

Atty.  Gen, 

Mistress 

Mrs. 

His  (or  Her)  Royal 

Messieurs  (Gentle- 

Messrs. 

Highness 

H.  R.  H. 

men) 

Chief  Justice 

C.J. 

Mademoiselle 

Mile. 

Commodore 

Com. 

Bachelor  of  Arts 

A.B.orB. 

A.  Doctor  of  Dental 

Master  of  Arts 

A.M  .or  M  .A.      Surgery 

D.  D.  S. 

Bachelor  of  Science  B.  S. 

Master  of  Dental 

Master  of  Science 

M.S. 

Surgery 

M.  D.  S. 

Doctor  of  Philosophy  Ph.  D. 

Veterinary  Surgeon  V.  S. 

Member  of  Parlia- 

M. P. 

Superintendent 

Supt. 

ment 

Very  Reverend 

V.  Rev. 

Reverend 

Rev. 

Vice  President 

Vice  Pres. 

Right  Reverend 

Rt.  Rev. 

Vice  Admiral 

V.  A. 

Monsignor  or 

Mgr. 

Surgeon  General 

Surg.  Gen. 

Monseigneur 

Right  Honorable 

Rt.  Hon. 

Postmaster 

P.M. 

Quartermaster 

Q.  M. 

General 

Gen. 

Doctor  of  Music 

Mus.   D. 

Captain 

Capt. 

or  Mus> 

Colonel 

Col. 

Doc. 

Major 

Maj. 

Common  Usage  of  Titles 
Doctor  M.  A.  Brown  or  M.  A.  Brown,  M.  D. 
Pres.  J.  O.  Downer  H.  R.  H.  George  the  Fifth 

Rev.  H.  B.  Stone  Messrs.  Grover  &  Falk 

Hon.  S.  R.  Greene  Supt.  A.  M.  Jones 

A.  L.  Brooks,  P.  M.  Mrs.  N.  L.  Smith 

Mr.  A.  R.  Hume  Lieut.  J.  L.  Black 

C.  M.  Towne,  M.  P.  M.  R.  Tracy,  LL.  B. 


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Review 

decimeter 

chaplain 

philosophy 

receptacle 

irreparable 

Reading 

Aid-de-camp 

Berkeley 

vestige 

La  Crosse 

chastisement 

Hoboken 

kilogram 

ligament 

St.  Augustine 

unprejudiced 

inefficient 

thermometer 

justifiable 

Paterson 

divinity 

hektogram 

mortising 

alacrity 

surgeon 

Honorable 

Council  Bluffs 

inveigh 

Reverend 

Sioux  City 

Commodore 

manslaughter 

Corporal 

hektare 

pitiable 

Delaware 

rancid 

Knoxville 

stalwart 

dilapidated 

Admiral 

kilometer 

Saginaw 

Mademoiselle 

liter 

intercession 

flaccid 

miraculous 

skepticism 

Denison 

Trans- Atlantic  Lines 
White  Star 
Hamburg-American 
Cunard 

North  German  Lloyd 
Anchor 

Holland  America 
Norwegian  America 
Scandinavian-America 


LESSON  166 

Steamship  Lines 

Well-known  Ships 
Olympic,  Adriatic,  Baltic,  Cedric,  Celtic. 
Vaterland,  Imperator, 
Aquitania,  Lusitania,  Mauretania. 
Kxonprinz  Wilhelm,  Kaiser  Wilhelm  11. 
Columbia,  Caledonia,  Cameronia. 
Rotterdam,  Potsdam,  New  Amsterdam. 
Bergensfjord,  Kristianiafjord. 
Frederick  VIII,  United  States,  Oscar  II. 


Great  Lakes  Lines 
Cleveland  &  Buffalo  Transit  Co. 
Erie  &  Western  Transportation  Co. 
Lehigh  Valley  Transportation  Co. 
Marquette  &  Bessemer  Dock  &  Navigation  Co. 
Port  Huron  &  Duluth  Line 
Chicago  &  Duluth  Transportation  Co. 
Northern  Michigan  Transportation  Co. 
Union  Steamboat  Line 


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Steamship  Lines — Eastern 
Metropolitan  Steamship  Line 
Panama  Railroad  Steamship  Line 
Hartford  &  New  York  Transportation  Co. 
Quebec  Steamship  Co. 
Old  Dominion  Steamship  Co. 
Royal  Dutch  West  India  Mail 
West  India  Steamship  Co. 
New  York  &  Baltimore  Transportation  Line 

Steamship  Lines — Pacific  Coast 
California  Navigation  and  Improvement  Co. 
Pacific  Navigation  Co. 
San  Francisco  &  Portland  Steamship  Co. 
Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Co. 
California  &  Oregon  Coast  Steamship  Co. 
Vancouver  Transportation  Co. 
Puget  Sound  Navigation  Co. 


LESSON  168 
Miscellaneous  Words 


recipient 

amphibious 

execrate 

fractious 

laryngitis 

misery 

illustrious 

itinerant 

fortnight 

wainscot 

catastrophe 


re  gKp'i  ent 
am  phib'i  ous 
6x'e  crat^ 
frS-c'tious 
lar'yn  gi'tis 
mis'er  y 
i^  Itis'tri  ous 
i  tln'er  ant 
iovt'mght 
wain'scot 
ca  tS,s'tro  phe 


tarlatan 

sassafras 

elocution 

arrogant 

treachery 

conservatory 

saccharine 

incipient 

gymnastics 

obloquy 


tar'la  tan 
s^s'sa  fras 
gl'o  cu'tion 
ar'ro  gant 
trSach'er  y 
con  ser'va  to  ry 
sac'cAa  rine 
in  gip'i  ent 
gym  nS^s'tics 
6b'lo  quy 


Amphibious,  able  to  live  both  on  land  and  in  water. 

Execrate,  to  detest  utterly. 

Fractious,  apt  to  break  out  into  a  passion. 

Itinerant,  wandering;  not  settled. 

Tarlatan,  a  kind  of  thin,  stiff  muslin. 

Saccharine,  having  the  nature  of  sugar;  sweet. 

Obloquy,  language  that  casts  contempt  on  men  or  their  actions. 


colloquy         contaminate 


hsTpocrite 


inertia 


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LESSON 

169 

Cities 

Countries 

Alexandria 

Al'ex  an'dri  a 

Egypt 

Pretoria 

Pre  to'ri  a 

Transvaal 

Adelaide 

Ad'e  laide 

South  Australia 

Kabul 

Ka'bul 

Afghanistan 

Edmonton 

Ed'mon  ton 

Alberta,  Canada 

Algiers 

Algiers' 

Algeria 

Valparaiso 

Varpa  raf  §o 

Chile 

Bagdad 

Bag  dad' 

Asiatic  Turkey 

Bahia 

Bahi'a 

Brazil 

Baireuth 

Bal'roit' 

Germany 

Bangkok 

Bang'k6k' 

Siam 

Calais 

carats 

France 

Genoa 

GSn'o  a 

Italy 

Hongkong 

HSng'kong' 

China 

Johannesburg 

Jo  (yo)  han'nes  burg 

Transvaal 

Barcelona 

Bar'ge  lo'na 

Spain 

Belgrade 

Bgl'grade' 

Servia 

*Veracruz 

Ve'ra  crus'  (or  cruz) 

Mexico 

Benares 

Ben  a'res 

India 

Monterey 

M6n'te  re?/' 

Mexico 

*The  form  Vera  Cruz  is  commonly  seen  in 

newspapers. 

LESSON  170 

Review 

Havana 
Scandinavian 

recipient  of  many  favors 
a  fractious  horse 

Cunard 

lessons  in 

elocution 

Puget 
Valparaiso 
Lehjgh 
Veracruz 

egregious  blunder 
incipient  paralysis 
indelible  pencil 
illustrious  ancestor 

Norwegian 
Marquette 
Buenos  Aires 
Michigan 
Metropolitan 

amphibious  animal 
immaculate  in  person 
teacher  of  gymnastics 
once  a  fortnight 
a  saccharine  taste 

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*Federal  Civil  Service  Tests 

First  Grade 

Second  Grade 

cylinder 

adjacent 

opponent 

suspicious 

promissory 

souvenir 

president 

terrace 

essential 

conceding 

conqueror 

rapping 

discernible 

lineage 

wholesome 

language 

opportunity 

deleterious 

achieve 

schedule 

deceitful 

horizontal 

tranquil 

tying 

deference 

patrimony 

detach 

vulgar 

insertion 

certificate 

expensive 

course 

facilitate 

reservoir 

decease 

salary 

Schenectady 

privilege 

noticeable 

Chicago 

Common  Expressions 
will  greatly  facilitate  matters        run  on  schedule  time 
certificate  of  stock 


granted  the  privilege 
conceding  the  point 
promissory  note 
wasted  his  patrimony 
deleterious  to  health 
abused  the  privilege 
discernible  in  the  distance 
on  an  adjacent  farm 
lace  and  insertion  to  match 


suspicious  of  his  motive 
wholesome  restraint 
detach  the  coupon 
in  the  course  of  the  day 
a  noticeable  difTerence 
news  of  his  decease 
an  expensive  habit 
rapping  for  order 
legal  opponent 
tying  the  knot 


*These  lists  are  in  the  nature  of  reviews,  as  most  of  the  words 
have  already  been  presented. 


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LESSON  172 

Synonyms 

The  lessons  from  172  to  184  inclusive  are  largely  reviews  and 
also  furnish  drill  in  synonyms.  The  horizontal  lines  are  made  up  of 
synonymous  words,  but  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  no  two 
words  are  exact  synonyms. 


abandon 

relinquish 

resign 

surrender 

abasement 

degradation 

disgrace 

humiliation 

abbreviate 

shorten 

curtail 

retrench 

abdicate 

renounce 

vacate 

forego 

abettor 

accessory  (noun)  accomplice 

confederate 

abhor 

detest 

loathe 

abominate 

abide 

continue 

remain 

tarry 

abiding 

continuing 

unchangeable 

permanent 

ability 

efficiency 

talent 

aptitude 

abjure 

forswear 

disown 

repudiate 

abnormal 

unusual 

anomalous 

irregular 

abode 

residence 

domicile 

habitation 

abolish 

nullify 

State  the  difference  in  meaning  between 
abandon  and  surrender  continuing  and  unchangeable 

abbreviate  and  retrench  abasement  and  humiliation 

abide  and  tarry  accomplice  and  confederate 

ability  and  talent  abnormal  and  anomalous 


Common 

abnormal  growth 
nullify  the  conditions 
relinquish  the  claim 
resign  his  position 
curtail  expenses 
accomplice  in  crime 
abdicate  the  throne 
a  disgrace  to  the  profession 
to  abjure  allegiance 


Expressions 

abolish  slavery 

continue  to  increase 

an  abiding  love 

a  permanent  position 

an  aptitude  for  management 

repudiate  the  claim 

an  unusual  occurrence 

strive  for  efficiency 

vacate  the  premises 


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Synonyms 

aboriginal 

native 

primitive 

original 

abortive 

unsuccessful 

fruitless 

faihng 

abrupt 

precipitous 

unceremonious 

brusque 

absolute 

unlimited 

unconditional 

peremptory 

absolve 

exonerate 

discharge 

acquit 

abstinence 

forbearance 

self-restraint 

moderation 

abstract 

summary 

abridgment 

digest 

abundance 

plenty 

affluence 

luxuriance 

abusive 

scurrilous 

opprobrious 

insulting 

accede 

consent 

concur 

acquiesce 

accelerate 

expedite 

dispatch 

hasten 

accident 

*casualty 

disaster 

catastrophe 

accountable 

responsible 

peremptory 

pgr'emp  to  ry 

Notice  the  accent  and  the  sound  of 
the  first  e. 

*Notice  that  there  are  only  four  syllables  in  this  word. 


Distinguish  between 

aboriginal  and  original 
absolute  and  peremptory 
absolve  and  discharge 
abstinence  and  moderation 
accede  and  concur 


accelerate  and  dispatch 
consent  and  acquiesce 
abstract  and  summary 
affluence  and  plenty 
accident  and  disaster 


Common 

absolute  control 

expedite  matters 

an  abrupt  or  precipitous  descent 

a  brusque  or  unceremonious 

manner 
an  abortive  attempt 
failing  health 

responsible  for  the  omission 
primitive  customs 
aboriginal  or  native  inhabitants 
unconditional  surrender 


Expressions 

a  fruitless  effort 

exonerate  or  absolve  from  blame 

total  abstinence 

abstract  of  the  deed 

summary  of  the  argument 

digest  of  the  news 

luxuriance  of  vegetation 

Hved  in  affluence 

blamed  for  the  casualty 

scurrilous  language 


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Synonyms 

accuracy 

precision 

exactness 

correctness 

accusation 

arraignment 

impeachment 

indictment 

acknowledgment  recognition 

admission 

avowal 

advantageous 

profitable 

useful 

beneficial 

antipathy- 

hatred 

repugnance 

dislike 

apparel 

garments 

raiment 

attire 

barbarous 

uncivilized 

merciless 

brutal 

barrier 

obstacle 

hindrance 

obstruction 

blasphemous 

irreverent 

profane 

sacrilegious 

CRndid 

impartial 

imbiased 

ingenuous 

champion 

protector 

defender 

advocate 

prudent 


discreet 


circumspect        cautious 

boundary  limit 

Antipathy  means  a  feeling  against;  sjrmpathy  means  a  feeling 

hence, 


for;  hence  the  two  words  are  opposites. 

Circumspect  means,  hterally,  looking  about  or  around, 
watchful  on  every  side. 

Which  is  the  stronger  word  in  each  of  the  following  cases? 
blasphemous  or  irreverent  admission  or  avowal 

prudent  or  discreet  accusation  or  arraignment 

hatred  or  dislike  hindrance  or  obstruction 

Distinguish  between 

advantageous  and  useful  impeachment  and  indictment 

candid  and  impartial  profitable  and  useful 

boundary  and  limit  barbarous  and  brutal 

protector  and  advocate  cautious  and  discreet 

Common  Expressions 
jury  brought  an  indictment  feeling  of  antipathy 

profane  language  arraignment  of  the  prisoner 

unbiased  opinion  spoke  with  precision 

a  barbarous  or  uncivilized  people  remove  all  obstacles 
merciless  or  brutal  conduct  an  impartial  jury 

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Review 

Essential 

casualty 

beneficial 

indictment 

schedule 

accede 

barbarous 

patrimony 

privilege 

luxuriance 

obstacle 

precipitous 

deleterious 

accordance 

promissory 

obstruction 

wholesome 

abstinence 

scurrilous 

noticeable 

conqueror 

unbiased 

peremptory 

reservoir 

deeeitful 

facilitate 

opponent 

blasphemous 

anomalous 

suspicious 

souvenir 

dispatch 

permanent 

antipathy 

irreverent 

opprobrious 

accomphce 

arraignment 

primitive 

recognition 

humiliation 

ingenuous 

advantageous 

acknowledgment 

abbreviate 

acquiesce 

raiment 

explicit 

unchangeable 

disaster 

LESSON  176 

Synonyms 

antecedent     • 

prior 

preceding 

previous 

appraise 

estimate 

conjecture 

value 

clamorous 

vociferous 

noisy 

turbulent 

circuitous 

roundabout 

wandering 

indirect 

burlesque 

mockery 

travesty 

mimicry 

commendable 

laudable 

praiseworthy 

approved 

contaminate 

corrupt 

poison 

defile 

continual 

uninterrupted 

unremitting 

ceaseless 

corpulent 

fleshy 

bulky 

obese 

credentials 

testimonials 

certificates 

vouchers 

decorate 

ornament 

embellish 

beautify 

detrimental 

injurious 

prejudicial 

pernicious 

directly 

instantly 

Distinguish 

.  between 

appraise  and  conjecture 

circuitous  and  wandering 

fleshy  and  bulky 

testimonials  and  vouchers 

directly  and  instantly 

vociferous  and  turbulent 

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discrepancy 

Synonyms 
disagreement       variance 

discordance 

distinguished      noted 

famous 

conspicuous 

efficacy 

force 

potency 

efficiency 

eccentric 

singular 

pecuUar 

erratic 

enervate 

weaken 

enfeeble 

debilitate 

equivocal 

doubtful 

obscure 

ambiguous 

evident 

obvious 

manifest 

apparent 

fluctuate 

vacillate 

waver 

vibrate 

accidental 

casual 

unexpected 

fortuitous 

garrulous 

wordy 

talkative 

loquacious 

gratuity 

gift 

bounty 

donation 

harmless 

innocuous 

inoffensive 

innocent 

hostile 
enervate 
vacillate 
hostile 

unfriendly 
6n'er  vate  or  e  ner'vate 
Note  that  there  is  only  one  c,  but  two  Z's. 
hSs'tIk        Note  the  short  sound  of  i. 

Which  is  the  stronger  word? 
hostile  or  unfriendly 
evident  or  apparent 
distinguished  or  conspicuous 

garrulous  or  wordy 
peculiar  or  eccentric 
inoffensive  or  innocent 

Distinguish  between 
distinguished  and  conspicuous 
efficacy  and  efficiency 
doubtful  and  ambiguous 


unexpected  and  fortuitous 
harmless  and  innocent 
gift  and  donation 


of  obscure  origin 
unfriendly  criticism 
accidental  discharge 
accept  the  gratuity 
prices  fluctuate 
distinguished  citizen 
ambiguous  statement 
vacillate  between  two  opinions 


Common  Expressions 

an  evident  error 
of  doubtful  authority 
a  casual  remark 
eccentric  behavior 
an  unexpected  event 
an  apparent  mistake 
often  at  variance 
an  inoffensive  manner 


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indefatigable 

irascible 

knavery 

lavish 

laudable 

inexplicable 

lethargy 

limited 

livelihood 

lucid 

lucrative 

mammoth 

manifold 

enigmatical 

maintenance 

Hvelihood 


untiring 

irritable 

trickery 

immoderate 

praiseworthy 

unexplainable 

torpor 

confined 

suppor 

clear 

gainful 

gigantic 

numerous 

e'nig  mat'i  cal 

mam'te  nange 

live'li  hood 


LESSON  178 

Synonyms 

unwearying 

fiery 

rascality 

extravagant 

commendable 

unaccountable 

stupor 

narrow 

sustenance 

luminous 

profitable 

immense 


Distinguish  between 
torpor  and  inaction 
livelihood  and  sustenance 
lucid  and  luminous 
lucrative  and  increasing 
laudable  and  worthy 


persevermg 

quick-tempered 

villainy 

wasteful 

worthy 

enigmatical 

inaction 

restricted 

maintenance 

reasonable 

increasing 

stupendous 


Notice  the  long  sound  of  e. 

'Notice  the  second  syllable  and  the 

accent. 
Notice  the  sound  of  the  first  i. 


inexplicable  and  enigmatical 
lethargy  and  stupor 
irascible  and  irritable 
clear  and  reasonable 
trickery  and  villainy 


Common  Expressions 
Supply  any  suitable  word  or  words  from  the  above  lesson 


state  of  - 
lay  in  a  - 


■  efforts 

■  expenditure 
•  means 

■  behavior 
undertaking 


•  employment 


■  ambition 

statement 

occupation 

within limits 


earned  a  ■ 


■  venture 
temper 


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ESSON  179 

i 

Synonyms 

mediocre 

ordinary 

indifferent 

mediimi 

mendacious 

lying 

false 

counterfeit 

mistake 

blunder 

oversight 

error 

mockery 

derision 

ridicule 

mimicry 

motive 

incentive 

stimulus 

influence 

nefarious 

heinous 

wicked 

detestable 

nourish 

foster 

sustain 

maintain 

obdurate 

unbending 

insensible 

stubborn 

obstinate 

headstrong 

persistent 

unmanageable 

occupation 

business 

profession 

trade 

onerous 

burdensome 

troublesome 

oppressive 

perverse 
nonchalant 

wayward 
careless 

contrary 

ungovernable 

nSn'gha  lant 
6n'er  ous 

The  English  pronunciation  of  this  word  has  be 

generally  adopted. 
Notice  the  sound  of  the  first  o. 

c6n'tra  ry 

Notice  the  accent. 

Distinguish  between 
mediocre  and  indifferent 
obdurate  and  insensible 
obdurate  and  obstinate 
occupation  and  profession 
burdensome  and  troublesome 

foster  and  maintain 
derision  and  mimicry 
troublesome  and  oppressive 
mendacious  and  counterfeit 
motive  and  influence 

Common 

ungovernable  temper 
counterfeit  coin 
learn  a  trade 
engage  in  business 
study  the  profession 
occupations  of  the  people 
of  mediocre  quality 
a  heinous  crime 
due  to  oversight 
sustain  the  argument 


Expressions 

headstrong  youth 

medium  grade 

a  wayward  child 

a  burdensome  requirement 

an  oppressive  measure 

doubt  his  motive 

nefarious  scheme 

a  nonchalant  air 

an  error  in  calculation 

a  mockery  of  justice 


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irascible 

mimicry 

unbiased 

circuitous 

blasphemous 

arraign 

merciless 

obstacle 

humiliation 

unsuccessful 

prior 

controversy 

corpulent 

immediately 

efficacy 

conspicuous 

gratuity 

unreasonable 

fluctuate 

accidental 

unusual 

domicile 

apparel 

acknowledgment 

laudable 


LESSON  180 
Spelling  Down  List 
decorate 
ambiguous 
continuing 
garrulous 
original 


hostile 

obstacle 

fortuitous 

circumspect 

barbarous 

aboriginal 

degradation 

repudiate 

accelerate 

scurrilous 

exonerate 

appraise 


immoderate 

fiery 

accountable 

arraignment 

antipathy 

raiment 

manifest 

beneficial 

praiseworthy 

adherence 

approval 

ceaseless 

discrepancy 

efficiency 

extravagant 

unchangeable 

loquacious 


uninterrupted      impediment 
credentials  vacillate 


contaminate 

fracas 

eccentric 

distinguished 

innocuous 

talkative 


equivocal 

apparent 

enervate 

indefatigable 

unaccountable 

mendacious 


livelihood 

wayward 

maintenance 

obstinate 

persevering 

heinous 

mediocre 

lucrative 

knavery 

obdurate 

unwearying 

gigantic 

nefarious 

enigmatical 

lucid 

irritable 

manifold 

sustenance 

nonchalant 

unmanageable 

onerous 

perverse 

mammoth 

inexplicable 

detestable 


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Synonyms 

ordinance 

enactment 

decree 

edict 

plenary 

entire 

complete 

absolute 

poisonous 

venomous 

baneful 

noxious 

practice 

custom 

usage 

habit 

preamble 

introduction 

preface 

prelude 

precinct 

district 

territory 

subdivision 

probity 

honesty 

integrity 

uprightness 

procrastinate 

defer 

delay 

postpone 

quandary 

difficulty 

perplexity 

imcertainty 

^qualified 

suited 

fitted 

adapted 

query 

question 

inquiry 

doubt 

rebellion 

revolt 

insurrection 

mutiny 

*qualified 


modified 


probity,  prSb'i  ty 

*Notice  the  two  meanings  as  denoted  by  the  synonyms. 
Distinguish  between 
ordinance  and  decree 
ordinance  and  edict 
plenary  and  absolute 
poisonous  and  noxious 
custom  and  habit 
procrastinate  and  postpone 
query  and  doubt 

Supply  any  suitable  word 

of  the  court 

an of  the  city 


defer  and  postpone 
precinct  and  territory 
inquiry  and  doubt 
difficulty  and  uncertainty 
preface  and  prelude 
probity  and  uprightness 

or  words  from  the  above  lesson 
according  to  • 


the- 


•  of  the  book 


-  power 
•  weeds 


a  peculiar  - 
a  voting  - 


■  snake 

■  of  the  crew 


•  his  statement 

•  influence 

■  to  the  constitution 

•  to  his  tastes 

•  the  meeting 


put  down  the  ■ 


played  the  - 

a among  the  employees 


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Synonyms 

recompense 

requite 

relentless 

rigid 

records 

archives 

remunerate 

compensate 

reconcile 

conciliate 

chronicles 

annals 

redress 

repair 

reunite 

pacify 

remiss 

dilatorj^ 

remedy 

relieve 

reprehensible 

culpable 

negligent 

inattentive 

repulsive 

repellent 

censurable 

blameworthy 

reticent 

reserved 

forbidding 

offensive 

residue 

remnant 

uncommunicative  silent 

renowned 

famous 

remainder 

balance 

reparation 

amends 

celebrated 

remarkable 

rigorous 

severe 

restitution 

compensation 

romantic 

fantastic 

archives,  ar'c/iiveg 

Distinguish  between 
requite  and  remunerate 
annals  and  history 
records  and  archives 
reparation  and  restitution 
reserved  and  silent 
remnant  and  balance 


rigorous  and  relentless 
renowned  and  remarkable 
repulsive  and  offensive 
repair  and  relieve 
redress  and  relieve 
reunite  and  pacify 


Common  Expressions 
demanded  restitution  of  the  property      reticent  in  business  matters 
a  rigorous  climate 
rigid  enforcement 
a  severe  cold 
a  famous  artist 
reconcile  the  factions 
repair  the  injury 
preserved  in  the  archives 
pacify  the  child 
offered  compensation 
neghgent  in  dress 


a  remarkable  performance 
inattentive  to  business 
of  dilatory  habits 
reprehensible  conduct 
celebrated  in  history 
amends  for  the  injury 
remiss  in  his  duties 
consulted  the  records 
reserved  in  manner 


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Synonyms 

sagacity 

shrewdness 

penetration 

discernment 

requisite 

necessary 

essential 

indispensable 

resistance 

opposition 

hindrance 

obstruction 

sanction 

countenance 

ratification 

approbation 

scrupulous 

cautious 

conscientious 

careful 

settlement 

adjustment 

arrangement 

liquidation 

signify 

betoken 

■  denote 

imply 

slander 

malign 

defame 

calimmiate 

solicit 

beseech 

importune 

entreat 

strenuous 

zealous 

ardent 

urgent 

subtlety 

craftiness 

artfulness 

acumen 

subterfuge 

artifice 

pretext 

evasion 

supersede 

supplant 

calumniate 

ca  liim'ni  ate 

acumen 

a  cu'men 

Which  is  the  more  general  word? 
ratification  or  approbation  liquidation  or  arrangement 

sagacity  or  shrewdness  pretext  or  evasion 

Distinguish  between 
opposition  and  obstruction 
solicit  and  importune 
strenuous  and  urgent 
craftiness  and  acumen 
supersede  and  supplant 


subterfuge  and  artifice 
beseech  and  solicit 
careful  and  scrupulous 
resistance  and  obstruction 
signify  and  imply 


gave  as  a  pretext 
ardent  support 
indispensable  to  success 
possessed  of  great  shrewdness 
adjustment  of  the  claim 
solicit  subscriptions 
sued  for  slander 
all  necessary  arrangements 
urgent  need 


Common  Expressions 

with  keen  penetration 
betokens  ill 
imply  the  opposite 
settlement  of  the  estate 
a  zealous  disciple 
sanction  the  proceeding 
countenance  the  act 
liquidation  of  the  debt 
meet  with  your  approbation 


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LESSON  184 

Synonyms 

surveillance 

*oversiglit 

inspection 

supervision 

tacit 

implied 

silent 

inferred 

tendency 

inclination 

propensity 

proclivity 

threaten 

menace 

portend 

warn 

transient 

fleeting 

fugitive 

transitory 

trespass 

encroach 

infringe 

invade 

umbrage 

offense 

resentment 

pique 

unfeigned 

sincere 

genuine 

real 

unity 

concord 

harmony 

agreement 

validity 

soundness 

cogency 

efficacy 

virile 

masterful 

forceful 

manly 

wily 

crafty 

artful 

subtle 

universal 

unlimited 

*This  has  another  meaning. 
Lesson  179. 


Of  what  is  it  a  synonym?     See 


surveillance         sur  veil'lance  (yans) 

Distinguish  between 
threaten  and  warn 
tacit  and  silent 
menace  and  portend 
transient  and  fugitive 

Which  is  the  stronger  word? 
infringe  or  invade 
forceful  or  manly 


Close  watch. 


crafty  and  subtle 
umbrage  and  pique 
virile  and  manly 
unity  and  harmony 


unfeigned  or  genuine 
tacit  or  inferred 


sued  for  tresspass 

in  a  fit  of  pique 

vahdity  or  soundness  of  the 

argument 
threaten  punishment 
warn  of  coming  evil 
under  constant  surveillance 
unfeigned  joy 
a  propensity  for  stealing 
inclination  to  procrastinate 


Common  Expressions 

submit  to  inspection 

has  general  supervision 

encroach  upon  our  rights 

invade  the  country 

of  genuine  or  real  worth 

a  sincere  friend 

take  umbrage  at  his  remarks 

a  tendency  to  destroy 

unlimited  means 


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Review 

baneful 

probity 

quandary 

usage 

precinct 

uncertainty 

difficulty 

mutiny 

query 

noxious 

adapted 

reparation 

procrastinate 

reconcile 

reticent 

rigid 

dilatory 

chronicles 

conciliate 

recompense 

rigorous 

zealous 

indispensable 

acumen 

residue 

requisite 

malign 

supersede 

calumniate 

artifice 

scrupulous 

unfeigned 

subtlety 

sagacity 

conscientious 

proclivity 

approbation 

pique 

fugitive 

cogency 

surveillance 

tacit 

propensity 

validity 

virile 

alluvial 

tendency 

trespass 

umbrage 

genuine 

LESSON  186 

Miscellaneous  Words 

soliloquy 

so  lll'o  quy 

prologue 

pro'logwe 

factitious 

fac  tf tious 

bulwark 

bul'wark 

nebulous 

ngb'u  lous 

refugee 

rSf 'u  gee' 

opaque 

0  paqize' 

obscurity 

ob  scu'ri  ty 

anachronism 

an  ac/i'ro  ni§m 

lacteal 

lac'te  al 

penance 

pgn'ange 

sycamore 

syc'a  more 

pretentious 

pre  tSn'tious 

inoculate 

in  6c'u  late 

jeopardy 

j  6op'ar  dy 

suffice 

su/fi9e'(orfIz) 

braggart 

brag'grart 

predominant  pre  dSm'i  nant 

inveigle 

in  vet'gle 

scrutiny 

scru'ti  ny 

rendezvous 

raN'de  voo 

mariner 

m^r'i  ner 

intoxication 

in  t6x'i  ca'tion 

tantalize 

tan'ta  lize 

platitude 

piat'i  tude 

Factitious,  not  natural.    Compare  in  meaning  with  fictitious. 
Nebulous,  cloudy;  not  clear. 
Anachronism,  an  error  in  the  order  of  tirne. 
Rendezvous,  an  appointed  place  for  meeting. 
Prologue,  the  preface  or  introduction  to  a  poem  or  other  com- 
position. 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


comparative 

poignancy 

politic 

sectarian 

neurotic 

truism 

quibble 

pungency 

noisome 

obtrusive 

persecution 

submissive 


com  pa,r'a  tive 
poigrn'yan  gy 
p5ri  tic 
sec  ta'ri  an 
neu  rSt'ic 
tru'igm 
qulb'^le 
ptin'gen  gy 
noi'some 
ob  tru'sive 
per'se  cti'tion 
sub  mis'sive 


martyrdom 

alligator 

authentic 

tedious 

genealogical 

appetizing 

paradise 

rarity 

asylum 

gentility 

elegance 

relegate 


imperceptible  im'per  ggpt'i  ble  repugnant 


palpable 

adherent 

aliment 

supplicate 

allege 

trespasser 

lineament 

sanguine 

frivolity 

persuasion 

facial 

palliate 


pai'pa  ble 
ad  he'rent 
al'i  ment 
siip'pli  cate 
al  16ge' 
trSs'pas  ser 
Un'ea  ment 
sai^'guine(gwln) 
fri  v6ri  ty 
per  swa'§ion 
fa'cial 
parZi  ate 


rudiments 

embryonic 

initial 

unstable 

ultimate 

consternation 

tremor 

undying 

irritability 

incomparable 

unwary 

secular 


mar'tjT  dom 
arZi  ga'tor 
aw  then'tic 
te'di  ous 
ggn'e  a  I5g'i  cal 
^p'pe  ti'zing 
pS-r'a  dise 
r^-r'i  ty 
a  sy'lum 
gen  tfl'i  ty 
Sl'e  gauge 
r6Fe  gate 
re  ptig'nant 
ru'di  ments 
Sm'bry  6n'ic 
in  f  tial 
un  sta'ble 
iil'ti  mate 
cSn'ster  na'tion 
tre'mor 
un  dy'ing 
irVi  ta  bil'i  ty 
in.com'par  able 
un  wa'ry 
sSc'u  lar 


Poignancy,  sharpness;  keenness. 

Sectarian,  pertaining  to  a  religious  sect  or  sects. 

Truism,  a  self-evident  truth;  a  commonplace. 

Noisome,  harmful;  unwholesome;  unpleasant  to  smell. 

Palpable,  very  plain  or  clear. 

Sanguine,  hopeful. 

Palliate,  to  soften. 

Relegate,  to  banish  or  transfer. 

Secular,  pertaining  to  things  not  religious  or  spiritual. 


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Miscellaneous  Words 
pestilential       pgs'ti  I6n'tial       voracious 
characteristic  char'ac  ter  Js'tic  forensic 


illiberal 

pestiferous 

rabid 

recondite 

querulous 

discretionary 

quixotic 

petulant 

vocation 

employment 

rapacious 

interstices 

schism 

sedulous 

inelastic 

cringing 

servile 

solicitous 

suavity 

magnificent 

sumptuous 

appalling 

cohesive 


il  Hb'er  al 
pes  ttf'er  ous 
rab'id 
rgc'on  dite 
qugr'u  lous 
dis  crS'tion  a  ry 
quix  6t'ic 
pgt'u  lant 
vo  caption 
em  ploy^ment 
ra  pa'cious 
in  ter'sti  geg 
scM§m 
s6d'u  lous 
In'e  las'tic 
crin'ging 
ser'vlle 
so  Hg'i  tous 
swav'i  ty 
mag  nif'i  ^ent 
stimp'tu  ous 
ap  pairing 
CO  he'sive 


pertinacious 

despotic 

meditation 

metamorphic 

assuage 

misconception 

variegated 

nautical 

interrogatory 

deplorable 

astronomical 

maritime 

jollity 

immodesty 

marital 

festivity 

vegetarian 

proximity 

loosening 

ecstatic 

contiguity 

repository 

indecisive 


vo  ra  cious 
fo  rgn'sic 
per'ti  na'cious 
des  p6t'ic 
mgd'i  ta'tion 
mSt'a  mor'phic 
as  swage 
mis'con  ggp'tion 
va'ri  e  ga'ted 
naw'ti  cal 
in'ter  rSg'a  to  ry 
de  plor'a  ble 
as'tro  n5m'ic  al 
mar'i  time 
jSrZi  ty 
im  mSc^'es  ty 
mar'i  tal 
f es  tlv'i  ty 
vgg'e  ta'ri  an 
prox  Im'i  ty 
loos'en  ing 
ec  stat'ic 
c5n'ti  gu'i  ty 
re  p5s'i  to  ry 
In'de  gi'sive 


Recondite,  very  learned. 

Quixotic,  chivalric  to  an  extreme. 

Interstices,  spaces  between  the  parts  of  a  body. 

Schism,  a  division  or  separation. 

Forensic,  belonging  to  courts  or  debate. 

Marital,  pertaining  to  the  marriage  relation. 


Common  Expressions 

assuage  his  grief 
in  querulous  tones 
solicitous  for  his  welfare 


deplorable  consequences 
tenacious  of  his  rights 
suavity  of  manner 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


6b'sti  na  52/ 
pti'tre  fy  ing 
dor'mant 
In'de  gls'ion 
vin'di  ca'tion 
^ns^wer  a  ble 
con  tSn'tious 
lu'na  9y 
g/iast'ly 
im  pe'ri  ous 
mSg'is  te'ri  al 
ere  va  ted 
ma  jgs'tic 

l^i  cal 
multitudinousmtil'ti  tu'di  nous  jocular 
mania  ma'ni  a  insignificant 

siirVep  tftious 

cri'sis 

e  mtirsion 

py'ro  tSc/i'nics 

surmountable  sur  mount'a  ble 

momentous      mo  mSn'tous 

equanimity      e'qua  nim'i  ty 

prevalent  pr6v'a  lent 

Contentious,  quarrelsome. 

Lyrical,  fitted  to  be  sung. 

Surreptitious,  done  by  stealth. 

Pyrotechnics,  fireworks. 

Fallacy,  deceptive  or  false  appearance. 

Frangible,  easily  broken. 

Euphonious,  sounding  well. 

Pommeled,  bruised. 

Sybarite,  a  luxurious  person. 

Empiric,  one  who  relies  upon  experience  alone. 


obstinacy 

putref3ring 

dormant 

indecision 

vindication 

answerable 

contentious 

lunacy 

ghastly 

imperious 

magisterial 

elevated 

majestic 

malice 

lyrical 


surreptitious 
crisis 
emulsion 
pyrotechnics 


environs 

timorous 

guttural 

devastation 

instigate 

frailty 

flippant 

fallacy 

spontaneity 

frangible 

impetuous 

euphonious 

extortionate 

pomegranate 

fastidious 


pommeled 

munificent 

sybarite 

vinaigrette 

unsullied 

niggardly 

immutable 

empiric 


en  vi  ron§ 
tlm'o  rous 
gtit'^r  al 
dgv'as  taction 
in'sti  gate 
frail'ty 
fiip'pant 
ihVla,  gy 
sp6n'ta  ne'i  ty 
fr^n'gi  ble 
im  pSt'u  ous 
eu  phon'i  ous 
ex  tor'tion  ate 
pome  gr^n'ate 
fas  tid'i  ous 
j6c'u  lar 
In'sig  nif'i  cant 
pom'meled 
mu  nif'i  gent 
syb'a  rite 
vin'ai  gr^tte' 
un  siir/ied 
nJg'^ard  ly 
im  mti'ta  ble 
em  pfr'ic 


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Miscellaneous  Words 

dissembler        dis  s6m'bler  incongruous      inc6n'gruous 

implacable        impla'cable  inadvertently    In'ad  ver'tent  ly 

narcissus  nar  qXs'sus  perpetual  per  pSt'u  al 

abhorrent         ab  hSrVent  gossiping  gQs'sip  ing 

fealty  fe'alty  unalloyed  un'aHoyed' 

warranted         war'rant  ed  materialize        ma  te'ri  al  ize 

futility  fu  tfl'i  ty  magnanimous  mag  niin'i  mous 

salutary  sai'u  ta  ry  inimical  in  Im'i  cal 

hiatus  hi  a'tus  haversack  hav'er  sack 

merriment       mgrViment  celestial  96  I6s'tial 

profligacy  prSf'li  ga  gy  audacity  aw  dag'i  ty 

effrontery  e/fron'tery  tenet  tfin'et 

divulge  diviilge'  dissipated  dis'sipated 

doleful  dole'ful  vitiated  vi'ti  (shi)  a  ted 

vilifying  viVi  fy  ing  hairbreadth       hair'brgadth' 

halcyon  har^yon  calamitous         caiam'itous 

synopsis  syn  6p'sis  epitome  e  pit'o  me 

duplicity  dupU^'ity  deterioration     de  te'ri  o  ra'tion 

voluptuous       vo  lup'tu  ous  groveling  gr6v'el  ing 

acquiescence    ac'qui  gs'genge  talisman  tai'is  man 

subsidiary         sub  sid'i  a  ry  covetous  cov'e  tous 

dastardly  das'tard  ly  inquisitive         in  qur§'i  tive 

invulnerable     in  vtirner  a  ble  captious  c^p'tious 

jocund  j5c'und  penitental  p6nlt6n'tial 

lymphatic         lym  phat'ic  propinquity       pro  pli^'qui  ty 

Epitome,  an  abstract  or  brief  statement  of  contents. 
Halycon,  happy. 
Hiatus,  an  opening. 
Haversack,  a  ration  bag. 

Common  Expressions 

jocund  mirth  hairbreadth  escapes 

deterioration  in  value  implacable  anger 

of  dissipated  habits  lymphatic  glands 

a  dastardly  act  perpetual  motion 

divulge  the  secret  subsidiary  coin 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


disseminate 

upheaval 

ostentatious 

prefatory 

sociability 

ventriloquist 

amicable 

antagonist 

forethought 

apparition 

perforation 

probability 

autocratic 

vandalism 


dis  sSm'i  nate 
up  heav'al 
os'ten  ta'tious 
prgf'a  to  ry 
so'ci  a  bil'i  ty 
ven  triro  quist 
am'i  ca  ble 
an  t^g'o  nist 
iore'thoughV 
hp'psi  rf  tion 
per'fo  ra'tion 
prSb'a  bll'i  ty 
au'to  cr^t'ic 
v^n'dal  i§m 


vivacity 

typographical 

usurious 

alleviate 

stipulation 

adversary 

aperture 

competition 

phantom 

worrying 

orifice 

assiduous 

expostulate 

authoritative 


presumptuous  pre  gump'tu  ous  apprehensive 


tragedian 

arduous 

redolent 

aromatic 

comedian 

acerbity 

effected 

gratifying 

brougham 

defacement 


tra  ge'di  an 
S-r'du  ous 
rcd'o  lent 
S,r'o  mat'ic 
CO  me'di  an 
a  ger'bi  ty 
e/f6c'ted 
grat'i  fy  ing 
hrougham 
de  fagg'ment 


immerse 

revery 

nonsensical 

acceptable 

interpreter 

affected 

insignificance 

belligerence 

velocipede 

calumny 


vi  vac'i  ty 
ty'po  graph'!  cal 
u  gu'ri  ous 
sd  le'vi  ate 
stip'u  la'tion 
ad'ver  sa  ry 
ap'er  ture 
c6m'pe  tf  tion 
phS,n'tom 
wor'ry  ing 
5r'i  fige 
as  sid'u  ous 
ex  p5s'tu  late 
SiU  th5r'i  ta  tive 
^p'pre  hSn'sive 
im  merse' 
rgv'er  y 
non  sgn'si  cal 
ac  gSp'ta  ble 
in  ter'pre  ter 
a/  f  Sct'ed 
in'sig  nlf'i  cange 
hel  Hg'er  ence 
ve  log'i  pede 
c^Fum  ny 


Effected,  accomplished, 
under  one  management. 

Affected,  artificial;  not  natural, 
as  to  attract  attention. 

Affected,  changed.     My  opinion  is  not  affected  by  what  he  said. 


They  effected  a  union  of  the  two  roads 
Her  manners  were  so  affected 


Common  Expressions 


prefatory  remarks 
apprehensive  of  evil 
aromatic  vinegar 
amicable  relations 


the  belligerent  nation 
alleviate  suffering 
usurious  interest 
redolent  of  perfume 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


straitened 

obliterate 

wrangling 

liveliness 

ceremonious 

disastrous 

defamation 

propagate 

buffoonery 

ethereal 

masquerade 

libelous 


strait'ened 
ob  Wt'er  ate 
i(;rai;'gling 
live'li  ness 
gSr'e  mo'ni  ous 
dis  S-s'trous 
dgf'a  ma'tion 
prSp'a  gate 
bu/  f  oon'er  y 
e  the're  al 
mS,s'qwer  ade' 
li'bel  ous 


linguistic  lin  guls^tic 

pusillanimous  pu'si^  lan'i  mous 
championship  cham'pi  on  ship 


blemish 

liberator 

clandestine 

unfortunate 

turbulence 

advocacy 

ordinarily 

negligible 

chiropodist 


systematically  s;^s'temat'icalZy  diplomacy 
provocative       pro  v6c'a  tive      rubicund 
ornamental      or'na  ment  al      notably 
plausibility       plaw'si  bll'i  ty      personnel 
asphyxiated      as  phfx'i  a  ted 
veteran  v6t'er  an  incarnation 

ecclesiastical    ec  cle'§i  as'ti  cal  eventually 
deliberately      de  llb'er  ate  ly      suffragette 
amalgamation  a  mS,rga  ma'tion  embodying 
inquisitorial     in  quig'i  to'ri  al    accentuate 
clarified  ciar'i  fled  substantially 

monopolize       mo  nSp'o  lize       destructive 
avalanche         av'a  lanche  intervening 

Pusillanimous,  of  weak  or  mean  spirit. 


blSm'ish 
lib'er  a'tor 
clan  d  6s' tine 
un  f  or'tu  natei 
ttir'bu  lenge 
ad'vo  ca  gy 
or'di  na'ri  ly 
nSg'li  gi  ble 
c/d  rSp'o  dist 
di  plom'a  9y 
ru'  bi  cund 
no'ta  bly 
pSr'sow  B.&V 
contemptuously  con  tgmp'tuously 
in'car  na'tion 
e  v6n'tu  al  ly 
suf'/raggt^e' 
em  b6d'y  ing 
ac  Qgnt'u  ate 
sub  stan'tial  ly 
de  strtic'tive 
In'ter  ven'ing 


Common  Expressions 


of  rubicund  countenance 
avalanche  descended 
embodying  our  views 
intervening  time 
ecclesiastical  authority 
in  straitened  circumstances 
substantially  correct 
obliterate  all  traces 


disseminate  your  opinions 
a  negligible  quantity 
an  obsolete  custom 
monopolize  the  conversation 
disastrous  consequences 
provocative  of  an  argument 
deliberately  provoked  the  assault 
without  a  blemish 


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Miscellaneous  Words 


dissatisfied 

interstate 

intrastate 

celibacy 

similarly 

simplified 

mediation 

artificially 


dis  sS,t'is  fled 
in'ter  state' 
in'tra  state' 
ggl'i  ba  qy 
sim'i  lar  ly 
sim'pli  fied 
me'di  a'tion 
ar'ti  fl'cial  ly 


holidays  h51'i  da?/§ 

environment     en  vi'ron  ment 
comprehensive  c5m'pre  hSn'sive 


disobedience  dis'o  be'di  enqe 
tribunal  tri  bu'nal 

negotiations  ne  go'ti  a'tiong 


Ignoramus 

haphazard 

chicanery 

specific 

charivari 


ig'no  ra'mus 
hap  h3,z'ard 
ghi  can'er  y 
spe  gif'ic 
gha  ri'va  rf 


summarized  stim'marlzed 


pictorial 

hsrphenated 

philology 

kleptomania 

exhaustion 

etymology 

alphabetical 

prestige 

handicraft 

vulcanized 

sociology 

diagnosis 

sixtieth 

catholicity 

superiority 

recalcitrant 

unbalanced 

colloquial 

vulgarity 

ellipsis 

chatelaine 


pic  to'ri  al 
hy'phe  na'ted 
phi  l6l'o  gy 
klSp'to  ma'ni  a 
ex:  /ia2/s'tion 
6t'y  m5ro  gy 
3.1 'pha  bSt'i  cal 
pres  tezh' 
hS,n'di  craft 
viircan  ized 
so'ci  5l'o  gy 
di'ag  no'sis 
six'ti  eth 
cath'o  lig'i  ty 
su  pe'ri  6r'i  ty 
re  cal'gi  trant 
un  baranged 
col  lo'qui  al 
vul  gS-r'i  ty 
el  hp'sis 
ghat'e  lame 


munitions      mu  nf  tions 
recuperate      re  cu'per  ate 
contraband     c6n'tra  band 
inadequacy     in  ad'e  qua  gy 
*coadjutor        co'ad  ju'tor 
delegation       dSl'e  ga'tion 
cavalier  cS-v'a  Ker' 

supplementary    sup'ple  mgn'ta  ry 
contemporaneous    con  tem'po  ra'ne  ous 

Chatelaine,  watchguard. 

Interstate,  between  states. 

Intrastate,  within  the  state. 

Coadjutor,  a  colleague  or  helper. 

Vulcanized,  said  of  gutta  percha  or  caoutchouc  which  has  been 

heated  with  sulphur. 
Ellipsis,  an  omission. 

Kleptomania,  an  insane  propensity  for  stealing. 
Prestige,  force  or  charm  derived  from  character  or  reputation. 
*Notice  the  accent. 


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Miscellaneous  Words 
pro  ver'bi  al  ly    mechanically  me  c/ian'i  cal  ly 

psychic 
a  e'ri  al 


proverbially 

sluggish  sliigVish  psychic 

compilation     c6m'pi  la'tion     ^  aerial 


approximately  ap  prox'i  mate  ly  spasmodic 

spa§  m6d'ic 

paucity 

pau'qi  ty 

tentacles 

tgn'ta  cle§ 

exceptionally 

ex  cgp'tion  al  ly  perceptibly 

per  ggpt'i  bly 

^unerring 

un  SrVing 

virulent 

vir'u  lent 

extricate 

gx'tri  cate 

parasite 

par'a  site 

affiliate 

a/ffl'iate 

hieroglyphics 

hi'e  ro  gljrph'ics 

shilly-shally 

shil'Zy-sharZy 

ultimately 

til'ti  mate  ly 

subservient 

sub  ser'vi  ent 

succulence 

siic'cu  lenge 

diversify 

di  ver'si  fy 

propaganda 

pr6p'a  gS,n'di 

offertory 

Sf'/er  to  ry 

aberration 

ab'er  ra'tion 

arbitrator 

ar'bi  tra'tor 

sorcery 

sor'ger  y 

sinewy 

sin'ew  y 

agitators 

ag'i  ta'tor§ 

cyclonic 

cy  cl6n'ic 

regretted 

re  grgt'^ed 

breviary 

bre'vi  a  ry 

indecencies 

in  de'gen  9ie§ 

telephonic 

tei'e  ph5n'ic 

revolutionize 

rSv'o  lu'tion  ize 

oracular 

o  rac'u  lar 

alabaster 

S-l'a  bas'ter 

tabulating 

tab'u  lat'ing 

obsession 

ob  sgs'sion 

automatically  aw'to  mat'i  cal  ly  photographic  pho'to  graph'ic 
convolutions    c6n'vo  lu'tion§     hurly-burly      hiir'ly-biir'ly 
manila  ma  nll'a  monogram       mSn'o  gram 

transversely      trans  verse'ly       immeasurably  im  m6a§'u  ra  bly 
insidious  in  sld'i  ous 

aggrandizement    ag  gran'dize  ment 
*Notice  the  sound  of  e. 


oracular  statement 
labor  agitators 
revolutionize  the  methods 
immeasurably  superior 
insidious  influence 
spread  the  propaganda 
a  virulent  disease 
revolves  automatically 


Common  Expressions 

regretted  the  mistake 
spasmodic  efforts 
paucity  of  ideas 
telephonic  communication 
tabulating  the  contents 
approximately  correct 
ultimately  yield 
perceptibly  different 


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Spelling  Down  List 


ordinarily 

diffident 

porcelain 

emancipation 

hemisphere 

directory 

porous 

inimitable 

revelation 

fragile 

feminine 

imitate 

obsolete 

countenance 

descriptive 

ruffian 

omitted 

antagonist 

acceding 

legible 

replenish 

disappoint 

movable 

supremacy 

implement 


covetous 

indefinite 

harass 

aluminum 

erroneous 

morocco 

excruciating 

gazetteer 

incredible 

inflammable 

ellipse 

noticeable 

indispensable 

horizontal 

axiom 

gossamer 

lucrative 

guinea 

irrepressible 

paraphernalia 

demoralize 

missile 

interference 

utilized 

incorruptible 


expiration 

chiffonier 

grotesque 

prejudice 

orator 

preeminent 

referred 

emanate 

deliberately 

inflammation 

delegate 

reservoir 

extraordinary 

liniment 

tranquillity 

macadamize 

misdemeanor 

minimum 

prognosticate 

indefatigable 

recompense 

confectionery 

Fahrenheit 

conscientious 

ignominious 


perseverance 

equaled 

occurrence 

privileges 

paralyzed 

assassin 

symmetrical 

deterioration 

proficiency 

dissuade 

champagne 

halibut 

irritable 

dissipation 

abhorrence 

commemoration 

appendicitis 

ostensible 

caricature 

acclamation 

imminent 

rebellious 

facetious 

exhilarate 

hemorrhage 


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monopolist 

accommodation 

subpoena 

vacillate 

dissimilar 

predecessor 

naphtha 

colloquy 

sjmonymous 

physique 

ecstasy 

ehgible 

susceptible 

affidavit 

inveigle 

rendezvous 

restaurant 

strychnine 

soliloquy 

auspicious 

incompetency 

explanatory 

souvenir 

symphony 

unwarrantable 

unanimous 

catechism 

mignonette 

recommendation  acknowledgment  anomaly 

knapsack 

chagrined 

precipitous 

residuary 

silhouette 

beneficial 

kerosene 

silesia 

opossum 

irreparable 

annihilate 

equipage 

furlough 

sacrilegious 

chicanery 

feudalism 

obeisance 

fictitious 

codicil 

recipient 

clarinet 

incorrigible 

dynamo 

equitable 

filibuster 

acquiesce 

exuberant 

anesthetic 

sacrament 

succumb 

incompatibility 

abscess 

vignette 

inseparable 

accumulation 

convalesce 

obesity 

pneumatic 

reparation 

amanuensis 

meerschaum 

infinitesimal 

extirpate 

paroxysm 

trellis 

monotonous 

emaciated 

melancholy 

pantomime 

garrulous 

despicable 

disparaging 

resurrection 

initiatory 

legitimate 

harangue 

scrutinize 

canceled 

exaggerate 

heirloom 

iUicit 

guarantee 

consummate 

scurrilous 

recurrence 

ameliorate 

nonpareil 

fricassee 

captious 

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Common  Abbreviations 


Account  acct.  or  a/c 

Ad  libitum  (at  ad  lib. 

pleasure) 

Administrator  Adm. 

Administratrix  Admx. 

Aetatis   (of  age)  aet. 

Agent  Agt. 

All  right  O.  K. 

America  or  Amer. 

American 

Amount  amt. 
Anno  domini   (in  A.  D. 

the   year  of  our 

Lord) 

Anonymous  anon. 

Answer  ans. 

Ante  meridian  A.  M. 

(forenoon) 

Aqua  (water)  aq. 

Assistant  Asst. 

Avenue  Av.  or  Ave. 

Average  Av. 

Balance  bal. 

Bale  bl. 

Banking  bkg. 

Barrel  bbl. 

Before  Christ  B.  C. 
Bill  for  collection  B/C 

Bill  of  exchange  B/E 

Bill  of  lading  B/L 

Brothers  Bros. 

Brought  down  B/D 

Bushel  bu. 

Buyer's  option  B.  O. 

Cent  ct.  or  ^ 

Chapter  Ch. 

Chapters  cc. 

Civil  Engineer  C.  E. 

Collect  on  C.  O.  D. 

Delivery 

Id  est  (that  is)  i.  e. 

Incognito  (un-  incog. 

known) 


Confer  (compare)  of. 

Credit  or  creditor  Cr. 

Debit  or  debtor  Dr. 

Defendant  Deft. 

Deo  volente  (God  D.  V. 

willing) 

Department  Dept. 

Ditto  (the  same)  do.  or  " 

Doctor  Dr. 

Dozen  doz. 

Each  ea. 

Errors   and   omis-  E.  &  O.  E. 

sions  excepted 

Et  alii  (and  others)  et  al. 

Et  cetera    (and  so  etc.  or  &c. 

forth) 

Et  sequentes    (and  et    seq.  or 

following)  sqq. 

Exchange  Exch. 

Exempli  gratia  (for  e.  g. 

example) 

Express  Exp. 

Figure  Fig. 

First-cl  Al 

Folio  fol. 

Foot  or  feet  ft. 

Free  on  board  f .  o.  b. 

Freight  frt. 

Gallon  gal. 
Grand  Army  of  the  G.  A.  R. 

Republic 

Handkerchief  hdkf. 

Hogshead  hhd. 

Horse  power  H.  P. 

Hundred  hund. 
Ibidem  (in  the  same  ibid. 

place) 

Idem  (the  same)  id. 

Inch  in. 

Instant  (this  inst. 

month) 


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Common  Abbreviations 

Interest 

int. 

Quart                        qt. 

In  transitu  (during  in  trans. 

Query  or  question  qy.  or  (?) 

passage) 

Quod  erat  demon-  Q.  E.  D. 

Invoice 

inv. 

strandum  (which 

Junior 

Jr. 

was  to  be  proved) 

Manufacturers 

Mfrs. 

Quod  vide   (which  q.  v. 

Manufacturing 

Mfg. 

see) 

Manuscript 

MS. 

Railroad                   R.  R. 

Manuscripts 

MSS. 

Railway                   Ry. 

Memorandum 

memo. 

Received                   reed,  or  rec'd 

Merchandise 

mdse. 

Repondez  s'il  vousR.  S.  V.  P. 

Money  Order 

M.  0. 

plait  (Please  reply) 

Month 

mo. 

Returned                 ret  d .  or  ret'd 

Mountain 

Mt. 

Saint                        St. 

Nota  bene  (take 

N.  B. 

Scilicet  (namely)     ss. 

notice) 

Secretary                 Sec. 

Ounce 

oz. 

Section                     Sec. 

Package 

pkg. 

Senior                      Sr. 

Page 

P- 

Street                      St. 

Pages 

pp. 

Superintendent     Supt. 

Paid 

pd. 

Treasurer                Treas. 

Payment 

payt.  or  pay 

't  Ultimo  (last  month)  ult. 

Peck 

pk. 

UnitedStatesArmyU.  S.  A. 

Per  centum  (by 

per  cent. 

United  States  Mail  U.  S.  M. 

the  hundred) 

United  States 

Pint 

pt. 

Military  Academy  U.  S.  M.  A. 

Plaintiff 

plff. 

United  States  Naval 

Post  meridian 

P.M. 

Academy             U.  S.  N.  A. 

(afternoon) 

United  States  Navy  U.  S.  N. 

Postscript 

P.  S. 

Versus  (against)       vs. 

Pound 

lb. 

Videlicet  (namely)  viz. 

Pour  prendre 

P.  P.  C. 

Volume                    vol. 

conge    (to   take 

Week                        wk. 

leave) 

Weight                    wt. 

Pro  tempore  (for  pro  tern. 

Yard                         yd. 

the  time  being) 

Year                         yr. 

Proximo  (next 

prox. 

month) 

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ad  infinitum 

ad  valorem 

alias 

a  priori 

apropos 

au  revoir 

cafe 


LESSON  199 

Foreign  Words  and  Phrases 
ad  in'fi  nf  turn      Without  limit. 


MVa  lo'rem 
a'li  as 
a'pri  o'ri 
^p'ro  pos' 
o're  vwar' 
ca'fe' 


According  to  value. 
Otherwise  called. 
From  causes  to  effects. 
Suitable  to  the  subject. 
Until  we  meet  again. 
A  restaurant. 


caveat  emptor  ca've  at  gmp'tor  Let  the  buyer  beware. 
consomme         cSn'som  me'         Meat  and  vegetable  broth. 
debris  de'bris'  Rubbish. 

decollete  de'c6l7e  te'  Low-necked. 

dishabille  dis'/ia  hille'  A  loose  garment,  or  state  of  being 

carelessly  dressed. 

eclair  e  claiV  A  small  cake  containing  flavored 

cream. 

eclat  e  clat'  Brilliancy;  striking  effect. 

employe  aN'plwa'ye'  One  employed  by  another. 

ennui  ai^'nwe'  Boredom;  tedium. 

en  route  aN'rpi^te'  On  the  way. 

ex  officio  6x  o/fi'ci(shi)6  By  virtue  of  the  office. 

ex  post  facto     6x  post  fac'to  From  a  thing  done  afterwards. 

fiance  •  fi'an'ce'  A  betrothed  man. 

fiancee  fi'an'cee'  A  betrothed  woman. 

gratis  gra'tis  For  nothing;  free. 

habeas  corpus  ha'be  as  c6r'pus  You  may  have  the  body;  a  legal 

suit. 
in  re  In  re  In  the  matter  of. 

menu  mSn'u  A  bill  of  fare. 

Note,  n  (small  capital)  indicates  the  nasal  tone  of  the  preceding 
vowel,  made  by  sending  out  the  breath  through  both  nose  and  mouth. 
The  n  is  not  sounded — it  merely  indicates  nasalization. 


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per  capita 
per  diem 
prima  facie 
pro  rata 


per  cap'i  ta 
per  df  em 
pri'ma  f  a'gi  e 
pro  ra'ta 


LESSON  200 
Foreign  Words  and  Phrases 
nisi  prius  ni'si  pri'us  Unless  before. 

nolens  volens   no'leng  vo'leng     Unwilling  or  willing. 

nolle  prosequi  n6Vle  pr6s'e  qui  To  be  unwilling  to  prosecute. 

outre  Qw'tre'  Out  of  the  common  course ;  beyond. 

par  excellence  par  6x'c6Z'laNs'     Pre-eminently. 

per  annum       per  S,n'num  By  the  year. 

By  the  head. 

By  the  day. 

At  first  view. 

Proportionately. 

One  under  the  care  or  protection  of 

another. 
Something  for  something;  tit  for 

tat. 
Sought  out  with  care;  choice. 

System  of  management. 

A  summing  up. 

Turned  up. 

A  session. 

Without  setting  a  day. 

State  in  which  anything  is. 

Time  flies. 

Solid  earth. 

Face  to  face;  privately. 

The  order  being  changed. 

Word  for  word  and  letter  for  letter. 


protege  or  gee  pro'te  zha' 
quid  pro  quo    quid  pro  quo 


recherche 

re  gher'ghe' 

regime 

re  zhem' 

resume 

re  §u'me' 

retrousse 

re  trQws'se' 

seance 

se  ange' 

sine  die 

si'ne  di'e 

status  in  quo  sta'tus  In  quo 
tempus  fugit  tgm'pus  fu'git 
terra  firma       t6r'ra  fir'ma 


tete-a-tete 
vice  versa 
verbatim  et 
literatim 


tete'-a-tete' 
vi'ge  ver'sa 
ver  ba'tim  6t 
llt'ep  a'tim 


modus  operandi    mo'dus  6p'er  ftn'di    Manner  of  working. 


INDEX 

The  figures  following  each  word  indicate  the  page  on  which 
the  word  may  be  found  (no  notation  being  made  for  reviews). 
Italic  type  shows  that  the  pronunciation  is  given  on  the  page 
shown  by  the  accompanying  number.  Bold-faced  type  shows  that 
the  word  is  pronounced  and  defined  on  the  page  shown  by  the 
accompanying  number. 


abandon  153 
abandonment  119 
abasement  153 
abbreviate  44 
abdicate  153 
abdication  75 
Aberdeen  140 
aberration  173 
abet  18 
abetted  18 
abetting  18 
abettor  18 
abhor  153 
abhorrence  42 
abhorrent  169 
abide  153 
abiding  153 
ability  57 
abjure  153 
abnormal  103 
aboard  41 
abode  153 
abolish  139 
abolition  139 
abominable  65 
abominate  153 
aboriginal  141 
abortive  154 
abrasive  122 
abridgment  26 
abrupt  154 
abcess  125 
absence  131 
absent  14 


absolute  75 
abstinence  154 
abstract  39 
absurdity  110 
abundance  154 
abusive  114 
abutting  111 
Abyssinia  132 
Abyssinian  132 
academician  129 
academy  129 
acanthus  111 
accede  154 
acceding  174 
accelerate  57 
acceleration  82 
accent  14 
accentuate  171 
accept  53 
acceptable  170 
acceptance  70 
access  15 
accessible  57 
accessory  71 
accident  89 
accidental  90 
acclamation  174 
acconunodate  57 
accommodation  90 
accompaniment  126 
accompanist  85 
accomplice  129 
accord  13 
accordance  70 
accordion  126 
account  176 


accountable  65 

accountant  141 
accrued  121 
accumulation  97 
accumulator  115 
accuracy  110 
accusation  106 
accustom  110 
acerbity  170 
acetylene  83 
achieve  60 
acidity  87 

acknowledgment  26 
acquaintance  70 
acquiesce  112 
acquiescence  169 
acquisition  57 
acquit  17 
acquittal  17 
acquitted  17 
acquitting  17 
actor  72 
acumen  163 
adapted  161 
addends  78 
adding  83 
address  13 
Adelaide  151 
adenoid  104 
adherence  110 
adherent  166 
ad  infinitum  178 
adjacent  152 
adjective  42 
adjustable  100 
adjustment  97 


ad  libitum  176 

administration  74 
administrative  144 
administrator  105 
administratrix  176 
admirable  23 
Admiral  148 
admiralty  lOS 
admissible  65- 
admission  155 
admit  18 
admittance  18 
admitted  18 
admitting  18 
admonition  63 
adolescent  120 
Adriatic  149 
ad  valorem  178 
advance  13 
advancement  129 
advantage  25 
advantageous  25 
adversary  170 
adversity  119 
advertisement  86 
advertiser  85 
advice  54 
advisable  23 
advise  54 
advisory  23 
advocacy  171 
advocate  155 
Aeolian  126 
cterial  173 
aerodrome  117 
aeronaut  117 


I 


INDEX 


aeronautics  117 
aeroplane  83 

aerostatics  117 
aetatis  176 
affability  120 
affect  54 
afifected  170 
affidavit  124 
affiliate  173 
aflarmative  57 
affliction  116 
affluence  70 
Afghan  132 
Afghanistan  132 
aforesaid  108 
agate  101 
agencies  29 
agency  29 
agent  176 
aggrandize  119 
aggrandizement  173 
aggravation  112 
aggregate  116 
aggressor  72 
aggrieve  60 
aghast  137 
agile  39 
agitate  133 
agitation  143 
agitators  173 
a^ree  25 
agreeable  25 
agreement  164 
agriculture  87 
Aid-de-camp  148 
air  83 

Alabama  136 
alacrity  146 
alabaster  173 
^Zasto  130 
Albany  140 
Alberta  151 
alcoholic  102 
alcove  111 
Alexandria  151 
alfalfa  87 
Algeria  132 
Algiers  151 
Algerine  132 


alias  178 
alibi  106 
aliens  73 
alignment  122 
aliment  166 
alimony  106 
aZZe^e  166 
alleged  143 
Allegheny  134 
allegiance  70 
allegro  126 
alleviate  170 
alliance    74 
alligator  166 
allopathy  146 
allowance  41 
alloys  34 
all  right  37 
allspice  94 
alluvial  135 
ally  13 
almanac  129 
almighty  37 
almonds  94 
almost  37 
alone  37 
alpaca  93 
alphabet  86 
alphabetical  172 
already  37 
also  37 
altar  46 
alter  46 
alternating  80 
although  37 
altitude  77 
alto  36 
altogether  37 
Alton  91 
^/ioona  147 
altos  36 
aluminum  83 
always  37 
amalgamation  171 
amanuensis  85 
amateur  112 
amazement  119 
Amazon  134 
ambassador  76 


ambiguity  116 
ambiguous  57 
ambitious  57 

ameliorate  175 
amelioration  63 
amenable  65 
amendment  74 
amends  162 
America  176 
amethyst  101 
amicable  170 
ammonia  98 
ammunition  137 
amount  176 
ampere  81 
amphibious  150 
amplified  135 
amputation  103 
Amsterdam  142 
Amur  134 
amusement  26 
anachronism  165 
anaemia  104 
anaemic  103 
analogous  119 
analysis  139 
Anam  132 
Anamese  132 
anatomy  141 
Anchor  149 
anchor  72 
ancestor  72 
andante  126 
andirons  95 
anecdote  112 
anemometer  117 
anemone  146 
anesthetic  103 
anguish  120 
animosity  57 
annals  162 
Ann  Arbor  136 
annexation  74 
annihilate  119 
anniversaries  31 
anniversary  31 
Anno  domini  176 
announce  26 
announcement  26 


annoyance  33 
annoys  34 
annually  40 
annuity  97 
annular  122 
annulled  107 
annulment  107 
anode  80 
anomalous  119 
anomaly  119 
anonymous  119 
answer  176 
answerable  168 
antagonist  170 
antecedent  42 
ante  meridian  176 
anteroom  56 
anthem  126 
antipathy  155 
antique  112 
antiseptic  83 
antitoxin  103 
anxieties  29 
anxiety  29 
aperture  170 
apologetic  114 
apologies  29 
apology  29 
apostrophe  125 
appalling  167 
apparatus  115 
apparel  15 
apparent  123 
apparition  170 
appeal  76 
appearance  110 
appellant  106 
appellate  76 
appendicitis  104 
appendix  114 
appetite  114 
appetizing  166 
appliance  29 
apply  29 
applying  32 
apportionment  76 
appraise  156 
appraisal  97 
appraisement  108 


INDEX 


apprehension  110 
apprehensive  170 
approbation  163 
appropriation  63 
approval  23 
approved  156 
approximate  57 
approximately  173 
appurtenance  133 
apricot  92 
a  priori  178 
apropos  178 
aptitude  153 
aqua  176 
aqueduct  127 
Aquitania  149 
arabesque  111 
Arabia  132 
Arabian  132 
arable  139 
arbitration  73 
arbitrator  173 
arcade  111 
archipelago  36 
archipelagoes  36 
architect  85 
archives  127 
ardent  163 
arduous  170 
are  146 
Argentina  130 
arguing  23 
argument  26 
arid  77 
aristocracy  75 
Arizona  136 
Arkansas  134 
armature  80 
armful  15 
armistice  74 
armory  39 
aromatic  170 
arpeggio  126 
arraignment  58 
arrangement  26 
arranging  98 
arrival  23 
arrive  23 
arrogant  160 


arsenic  102 
arsenical  102 
arteries  31 
artery  31 
Artesian  64 
artful  164 
artfulness  163 
artifice  163 
artificial  139 
artificially  172 
artist  85 
asbestos  83 
ascension  117 
ascertain  121 
asleep  40 
asparagus  94 
asphalt  83 
asphyxiated  171 
aspirant  27 
assailant  39 
assassin  174 
assemblage  23 
assembling  23 
assent  107 
assessable  124 
assets  120 
assignee  108 
assiduous  170 
assignment  97 
assimilation  120 
assistance  42 
assistant  176 
association  63 
assuage  167 
assurance  129 
asthma  125 
astigmatism  104 
astragals  88 
astrakhan  93 
astringent  102 
astronomical  167 
Asuncion  130 
asylum  166 
Atchison  91 
Athens  142 
athletics  127 
^<Zan<a  138 
Atlantic  91 
atmospheric  117 


atrocious  69 
attachment  108 
attack  13 
attainder  76 
attainment  119 
attendance  70 
attendant  56 
attire  155 
attitude  125 
attorney  148 
Attorney- 
general  148 
attorneys  34 
auctioneer  85 
audacious  69 
audacity  169 
audible  42 
auditor  118 
auditorium  114 
auger  46 
aught  46 
augur  46 
au  re  voir  178 
Aurora  147 
auspicious  68 
Australia  142 
Austria  132 
Austrian  132 
Austro-Hungary  142 
authentic  166 
author  85 
authoritative  170 
authorize  44 
authorities  144 
autocratic  170 
automatic  100 
automatically  170 
automobile  83 
autumn  129 
auxiliaries  29 
auxiliary  29 
available  42 
avalanche  171 
avaricious  43 
avenue  176 
average  176 
averaging  124 
aversion  63 
aviation  117 


avoirdupois  133 
avowal  155 
awful  26 
axial  122 
axiom  78 

B 

baboon  129 
bachelor  129 
Bachelor  of  Artsl48 
BachelorofLaws  148 
Bachelor  of 

Science,  148 
bacteriology  103 
bag  17 
Bagdad  151 
baggage  89 
bagged  17 
bagging  17 
Bahia  151 
bail  46 
baUable  106 
bailiff  15 
baiUffs  35 
Baireuth  151 
balance  75 
balancing  23 
balbriggan  93 
balcony  111 
bale  46 
ball  83 
balloon  117 
Baltic  149 
Baltimore  136 
Baluch  132 
Baluchistan  132 
baluster  100 
bamboo  84 
banana  112 
bandanna  112 
baneful  161 
Bangkok  161 
Bangor  140 
banister  101 
banjo  36 
banjos  36 
bankruptcy  106 
banking,  176 


INDEX 


barbarous  112 
barbed  95 
Barcelona  151 
bare  46 
bargain  131 
baritone  126 
barograph  117 
barons  75 
baroque  101 
barouche  137 
barratry  109 
barred  108 
barrel  176 
barren  92 
barrier  72 
base  46 
bass  46 
basswood  88 
batiste  99 
Baton  Rouge  136 
batten  88 
batteries  83 
battery  80 

beach  46 

bear  46 

bearings  83 

beat  46 

beautiful  29 

beautify  156 

beauty  29 

bedstead  100 

beech  46 

beef  35 

beet  46 

beeves  35 

before  Christ  176 

befriend  60 

beg  18 

beggar  18 

begged  18 

begging  18 

begin  18 

beginner  18 

beginning  18 

beguile  135 

Belfast  142 

Belgian  132 

Belgium  132 

Belgrade  151 


beUef  35 
beliefs  35 
believe  59 
believer  72 
belladonna  102 
belligerence  170 
belligerent  110 
Bellingham  136 
Benares  151 
beneficent  129 
beneficial  133 
beneficiary  97 
benefit  22 
benefited  22 
benefiting  22 
benevolence  70 
benign  135 
benzine  102 
Bergensfjord  149 
Berkeley  147 
Berlin  142 
berth  46 
beseech  163 
besiege  60 
Bessemer  149 
betoken  163 
betrayal  33 
bevel  20 
beveled  20 
bevel  gear  115 
beveling  20 
beverage  146 
bias  21 
biased  21 
biasing  21 
bicycle  95 
biennial  92 
bier  60 
big  19 
bigamy  109 
bigger  19 
biggest  19 
bilious  103 
billiards  139 
bill  for 

collection  176 
bill  of  exchange  176 
bill  of  lading  176 
bindery  40 


Binghampton  147 
biographies  31 
biography  31 
biplane  117 
bird's-eye  100 
Birminghahi  138 
birth  46 
biscuit  94 
bit  shanks  123 
bitstock  123 
biweekly  39 
blamable  28 
blame  23 
blameworthy  162 
blaming  23 
blameless  26 
blasphemous  155 
blazer  93 
blemish  171 
blight  92 
block  83 
block  plane  123 
blossoms  92 
blot  19 
blotter  19 
bluffs  35 
bluing  94 
bluish  98 
blunder  159 
bodice  93 
boggy  87 
Bogota  130 
Boise  136 
boisterous  67 
bold-faced  86 
Bolivia  130 
bonus  129 
boracic  102 
borax  84 
Bordeaux  92 
Boston  140 
boudoir  111 
bouillon  133 
Boulder  140 
boulevard  124 
boundaries  74 
boundary  155 
bounteous  67 
bounty  157 


bouquet  133 
bourgeois  86 
boycott  135 
boyish  33 
brace  jaw  123 
bracelet  101 
bracket  95 
braggart  165 
braising  98 
brake  46 
brakeman  27 
brazen  40 
brazier  60 
Bra2i7  130 
break  46 
breakage  90 
breviary  173 
bribery  119 
6Wda^  23 
Bridgeport  138 
bridle  47 
6rte/  60 
brigadier  58 
Brigadier 

General  148 
brilliance  70 
brilliancy  110 
brim  19 
brimming  19 
British  Guiana  130 
British  New 

Guinea  132 
broadcloth  93 
brocades  93 
brokerage  78 
bronchial  103 
bronchitis  104 
Brooklyn  140 
broom  16 
brothers  176 
brougham  170 
brought  down  176 
browbeat  143 
brusque  154 
brussels  100 
Brussels  142 
brutal  155 
buckram  93 
Budapest  142 


INDEX 


Buenos  Aires  130 
Buffalo  140 
buffalo  36 
buffaloes  36 
buffet  100 
buffoonery  171 
buggies  29 
buggy  29 
bulletin  86 
Bulgaria  132 
Bulgarian  132 
bulky  156 
bulwark  165 
bungalow  111 
buoyant  33 
buoys  34 
burdensome  159 
bureau  100 
burglar  72 
burial  29 
buriesque  129 
Burlington  140 
burnisher  122 
burr  122 
burr  mill  123 
bury  29 
bus  15 
bushel  176 
business  29 
busy  29 
butt  122 
Butte  138 
buttons  99 
buyer  33 

buyer's  option  176 
byways  125 

C 

cabbage  94 
cabinet  100 
cablegram  121 
caboose  89 
cafg  178 
Calais  151 
calamities  31 
calamitous  169 
calamity  31 
calcium  102 
Calcutta  142 


Caledonia  149 
calendar  47 
calender  47 
calendered  86 
calf  35 
caliber  119 
calico  36 
calicoes  36 
California  138 
caliper  95 
calliope  133 
calomel  102 
caloric  82 
calumniate  131 
calumny  170 
calves  35 
cambium  122 
cambric  93 
Cambridge  138 
Camden  147 
cameo  36 
cameos  36 
camera  125 
Cameronia  149 
campaign  131 
camphorated  102 
can  19 
Canada  130 
Canadian  91 
canaZ  77 
cancel  20 
cancellation  20 
canceled  20 
canceling  20 
cancer  104 
candid  155 
candidacy  143 
candidate  76 
Candlemas  37 
canister  72 
canning  19 
cannonade  143 
canoe  25 
canoeing  25 
canopy  111 
canvas  47 
canvass  47 
caoutchouc  84 
capacious  69 


capillary  103 
capital  47 
capitalist  118 
capitol  47 
capricious  23 
capsules  102 
Captain  148 
captious  169 
captivity  119 
capture  13 
Caracas  130 
caramel  98 
carat  47 
caraway  84 
carbolic  102 
carbonated  102 
carborundum  122 
carbuncle  101 
carburetor  115 
careful  15 
careless  159 
cargo  36 
cargoes  36 
caricature  139 
carnivorous  143 
carol  21 
caroled  21 
caroling  21 
carpenter  85 
carpentry  122 
carpeting  100 
carriage  29 
carrier  89 
carrot  47 
carry  29 
carrying  32 
Carson  City  147 
cartilage  127 
cashier  60 
cashmere  54 
casings  88 
casino  139 
cassimere  54 
Castanet  126 
casters  95 
casual  157 
casualty  109 
catalogue  118 
catalpa  133 


cataracts  77 
catarrh  104 
catarrhal  103 
catastrophe  150 
catchup  94 
catechism  135 
caterpillar  135 
cathartic  102 
cathedral  114 
cathode  80 
catholicity  172 
cauliflower  94 
caustic  122 
cauterize  114 
cautious  67 
cavalier  172 
caveat  emptor  178 
Cayenne  130 
ceaseless  119 
cedar  88 
Cedric  149 
ceil  60 
ceiling  59 
celebrated  162 
celebrities  31 
celebrity  31 
celerity  120 
celery  94 
celestial  169 
celibacy  172 
celluloid  141 
cellulose  98 
Celtic  149 
cemeteries  31 
cemetery  31  • 
censurable  162 
censure  110 
censuring  23 
censws  137 
cent  47 
centenary  127 
centigram  146 
centiliter  146 
centimeter  146 
centrifugal  122 
centripetal  122 
centuries  30 
century  30 
cereals  87 


6 


INDEX 


ceremonious  171 
certificate  97 
certificates  156 
cessation  64 
chafing  98 
chagrined  18 
chalcedony  101 
challenge  129 
challis  99 
chambray  99 
chamfer  122 
chamfered  111 
champagne  127 
Champaign  138 
champion  114 
championship  171 
chandelier  60 
change  25 
changeable  25 
channel  77 
c/iapeZ  129 
chaperon  122 
chaplain  146 
chapter  176 
chapters  176 
character  131 
characteristic  167 
charcoal  102^ 
charge  25 
chargeable  25 
charivari  172 
charlatan  124 
Charleston  140 
charlotte  russe  98 
charring  122 
chase  86 
chassis  115 
chastise  58 
chastisement  146 
chatelaine  172 
Chattanooga  138 
chattels  107 
chauffeur  85 
chef  35 
chefs  35 
chemise  93 
chemisette  93 
chemist  85 
chenille  99 


Chesapeake  91 
chestnut  88 
cheval  100 
cheviot  93 
Cheyenne  136 
Chicago  136 
chicanery  172 
cAie/  16 

Chief  Justice  148 
chiefs  35 
chieftain  129 
chiffon  93 
chiffonier  100 
chilblain  37 
CAiZe  130 
chimneys  34 
China  132 
Chinese  132 
chip  19 
chipping  19 
chiropodist  171 
chiropractor  85 
chisel  15 
chivalrous  116 
chloroform  102 
chocolate  94 
chop  18 
chopped  18 
chopper  18 
chopping  18 
choral  126 
c^iord  126 
chorus  126 
chowchow  94 
chowder  98 
Christian  41 
Christiania  142 
Christmas  35 
chromatic  126 
chromo  36 
chromos  36 
chronicles  162 
chronological  131 
chronic  135 
chrysanthemum   133 
chrysolite  101 
Cincinnati  136 
cinnamon  84 
cipher  72 


Circassian  100 
circuit  81 
circuitous  139 
circular  42 
circulation  86 
circumference  39 
circumnavigate  56 
circumspect  155 
circumstances  129 
circumstantial  106 
circuses  125 
cite  47 
cities  29 
citizenship  76 
citron  92 
city  29 
citylike  32 
civil  76 

civil  engineer  176 
civilization  75 
civilize  44 
claimant  90 
clairvoyance  70 
clamorous  156 
clandestine  171 
clapboards  88 
clarified  171 
clarinet  126 
classification  137 
clayey  33 
cleaner  83 
cleanliness  29 
cleanly  29 
clear  158 
dea^  122 
clef  15 
clefs  35 
clemency  131 
clergyman  85 
Cleveland  140 
client  105 
climatic  77 
clothier  60 
coadjutor  172 
coalesce  123 
coalition  119 
coarse  47 
cocaine  102 
cochineal  131 


cocoa  94 
codicil  105 
coefficient  78 
coercion  23 
cogency  164 
cognomen  125 
cohesive  167 
coincident  124 
colander  95 
colic  17 
colicky  17 
collapse  119 
collar  93 
collateral  120 
collection  121 
collect  on 

delivery  176 
collector  124 
college  127 
collegian  24 
collegiate  23 
collision  64 
colloquial  172 
colloquy  150 
cologne  112 
Colonel  148 
colonnade  111 
colonial  73 
colonization  73 
Colorado  96 
Colombia  130 
colossal  129 
Columbia  134 
column  111 
columnar  111 
combat  22 
combatant  22 
combated  22 
combating  22 
combustible  65 
come  23 
comedian  170 
comedy  31 
coming  23 
commemorate  57 
commemoration  174 
commendable  127 
commensurate  133 
commentary  127 


INDEX 


commercial  77 
commissary  57 
commission  78 
committee  131 
commode  100 
commodious  68 
commodities  31 
commodity  31 
Commodore  148 
commonly  124 
commonwealth  75 
commotion  45 
communication  63 
commutation  90 
commutator  81 
commuter  90 
com,parative  166 
comparatively  27 
comparison  78 
compass  15 
compel  18 
compelled  18 
compelling  18 
compensate  162 
compensation  162 
competence  70 
competition  170 
competitor  72 
compilation  173 
complement  64 
complete  161 
compliance  29 
compliment  54 
comply  29 
complying  32 
composition  86 
compositor  85 
comprehensive  172 
compromise  73 
comptroller  109 
conceal  16 
conceding  152 
conceit  16 
conceive  60 
concertina  126 
concession  43 
conciliate  24 
conciliating  24 
conciliatory  24 


concisely  110 
concord  164 
concrete  125 
concur  17 
concurred  17 
concurrence  17 
concurring  17 
condemn  108 
condemnation  119 
condensation  24 
condense  24 
condenser  80 
condescend  112 
condescension  63 
condiment  98 
condolence  131 
conducive  44 
conductor  44 
conduit  81 
confectionery  71 
confederate  153 
confederation  73 
confer  20 
conference  20 
confess  15 
confession  43 
confidence  70 
confined  158 
confiscated  143 
congenial  114 
Congo  134 
conjecture  141 
Connecticut  134 
connivance  57 
conqueror  75 
conscience  70 
conscientious  68 
conscious  67 
consecutive  116 
consecutively  26 
consent  13 
consequence  70 
consequently  119 
conservation  143 
conservative  75 
conservatory  150 
consignee  121 
consignment  121 
consistency  42 


consistent  41 
consistory  71 
consolidate  57 
consomme  178 
conspicuous  69 
conspiracy  27 
conspirator  27 
constabulary  71 
Constantinople  142 
consternation  166 
constitution  73 
constitutional  75 
consul  76 
consumer  83 
consummate  175 
contagion  103 
contagious  68 
contain  16 
contaminate  150 


controlling  18 
controversies  30 
controversy  74 
convalesce  175 
convection  82 
convenient  58 
convention  63 
conveyance  33 
conveys  34 
convict  14 
convulsions  173 
cooker  83 
cooperation  63 
copartnership  118 
Copenhagen  142 
coping  111 
copious  67 
copyist  133 
copyright  86 


contemporaneous  172  coral  77 


contemporary  71 

contemptible  65 

contemptuously  171 

content  14 

co7itentious  168 

contest  14 

contiguity  167 

contiguous  69 

continent  77 

continental  74 

contingency  116 

continual  156 

continue  153 
continuing  131 
continuous  56 
contraband  172 
contract  14 
contractor  85 
contradict  39 
contralto  126 
contrary  71 
contrast  14 
contribution  86 
contributor  86 
contributory  109 
contrivance  70 
control  18 
controlled  18 
controller  18 


cordially  41 
corduroys  34 
core  47 
corkscrew  95 
cornice  111 
cornucopia  137 
corollary  78 
coroner  72 
corporal  119 
Corporal  148 
corporeal  119 
corporation  63 
corps  47 
corpse  54 
corpulent  156 
corpuscle  103 
correction  40 
correctness  155 
correspondence  70 
correspondent  121 
corridor  72 
corroborate  58 
corrugated  111 
corrupt  156 
corundum  122 
cosmopolitan  112 
Costa  Rica  130 
cottolene  94 
cotton  84 


INDEX 


'Cottonwood  88 
■couches  100 
council  48 
Council  Bluffs  147 
counsel  21 
counseled  21 
counseling  21 
counselor  21 
countenance  70 
counterfeit  58 
counterpart  110 
countershaft  122 
countersunk  122 
country-like  32 
coupler  89 
couplings  95 
coupon  108 
courage  25 
courageous  25 
course  47 
courtesies  31 
courtesy  31 
courtier  60 
covenant  109 
coveted  129 
covetous  169 
Covington  138 
craftiness  163 
crafty  164 
cranberries  94 
cravat  93 
cravenette  93 
creameries  87 
credential  57 
credentials  156 
credible  66 
credit  176 
creditable  66 
creditor  118 
crematory  71 
creosote  122 
crepe  99 
crescendo  126 
cretonne  93 
criminal  76 
cringing  167 
crinoline  99 
cripple  rafter  123 
cnsis  168 


criterion  133 
critical  119 
criticise  124 
crochet  99 
crockery  94 
croquet  129 
croquettes  98 
crosscut  saw  123 
cross-examine  37 
cross  feed  123 
cross-grained  88 
cross-purposes  37 
croutons  98 
crucible  102 
crullers  98 
crystal  20 
crystalline  20 
crystallization  20 
crystallize  20 
Cuba  130 
cucumbers  94 
cudgel  21 
cudgeled  21 
cudgeling  21 
culls  88 
culpable  108 
culter  level  123 
cultivator  87 
Cumberland  134 
Cunard  149 
cupboard  100 
cupful  15 
cupola  129 
curable  23 
curative  103 
cure  23 
curio  36 
curios  36 
curiosity  114 
currant  48 
currency  70 
current  48 
curriculum  116 
curried  98 
curtail  153 
curtain  100 
curvature  103 
cuspidor  72 
custody  106 


custom  161 
customary  42 
customer  120 
cut  19 
cuticle  103 
cut-out  81 
cutter  19 
cyclometer  115 
cyclone  131 
cyclonic  173 
cylinder  89 
cymbals  126 
cypress  88 

D 

daily  33 
dairies  29 
dairy  29 
dairying  32 
Dallas  147 
damages  90 
damask  99 
Danish  132 
Danube  134 
dastardly  169 
daub  16 
daubed  22 
dauber  22 
daubing  22 
davenport  100 
Dayton  136 
debatable  23 
debenture  120 
debilitate  157 
debit  120 
debris  178 
debtor  39 
decade  116 
decease  152 
deceased  54 
deceit  60 
deceitful  152 
deceive  60 
decencies  143 
deciduous  112 
decigram  146 
deciliter  146 
decimals  78 


decimeter  146 
decipher  72 
decision  63 
declaration  73 
declaratory  75 
declension  63 
decoUette  178 
decorate  56 
decoys  34 
dedication  119 
deduction  120 
defacement  170 
defalcate  58 
defalcation  139 
defamation  171 
defame  163 
default  106 
defeat  13 
defendant  42 
defender  155 
defense  107 
defenseless  27 
defensible  125 
defer  20 
deference  20 
defiance  44 
deficiencies  31 
deficiency  31 
deficient  60 
deficit  58 
defile  156 
defy  29 
defying  33 
degradation  64 
deign  60 
dekagram  146 
dekaliter  146 
dekameter  146 
delaine  99 
Delaware  91 
delay  161 
delayed  33 
delays  34 
delegate  129 
delegation  172 
deleterious  69 
deliberately  171 
deliberative  74 
delicacy  143 


INDEX 


9 


delicious  68 

delineate  120 
delinquent  58 
delirious  67 
delirium  103 
delivery  90 
democratic  73 
demonstration  119 
demoralize  174 
demurrage  90 
demurrer  106 
denatured  102 
denies  29 
denim  99 
Denison  147 
Denmark  132 
denominator  78 
denote  163 
density  82 
dentist  85 
denunciation  63 
Denver  91 
deny  29 
denying  32 
deo  volente  176 
department  176 
dependencies  74 
deplorable  167 
deposit  22 
deposited  22 
depositing  22 
depositor  72 
depositories  30 
depository  22 
depot  89 
depreciation  112 
depredation  143 
dereUct  139 
derision  120 
derogatory  71 
derrick  127 
descendant  42 
description  63 
descriptive  174 
desert  14 
desertion  143 
desiccated  135 
desirable  23 
desire  24 


desirous  24 
Des  Moines  136 
desperado  36 
desperadoes  36 
desperation  141 
despicable  110 
despotic  167 
despotism  75 
dessert  54 
destination  64 
destitute  24 
destitution  24 
destroyer  33 
destroys  34 
destruction  64 
destructive  171 
desuetude  139 
desultory  71 
detach  152 
detachable  115 
deterioration  169 
detest  153 
detestable  159 
detract  40 
detrimental  110 
Detroit  138 
devastation  168 
develop  22 
developed  22 
developer  22 
developing  22 
development  129 
devices  131 
deviled  98 
diabetes  104 
diabolical  141 
diagnosis  172 
diagonal  78 
dialogue  41 
diameter  78 
diamond  101 
diaphragm  116 
diaries  30 
diary  30 
dictionary  71 
dictograph  83 
die  48 
dietary  112 
differ  22 


differed  22 
difference  22 
different  44 
differential  90 
differing  22 
difficulty  161 
diffident  174 
digest  14 
dihedral  117 
dilapidated  58 
dilatory  110 
dilemma  58 
diligence  70 
diligent  123 
diluted  102 
dim  19 
dimension  64 
diminuendo  126 
diminutive  125 
dimity  93 
dimmer  19 
dimmest  19 
dip  18 

diphtheria  104 
diploma  116 
diplomacy  171 
dipped  18 
dipper  18 
dipping  18 
directly  156 
director  42 
directorate  120 
directory  58 
dirigible  117 
disabilities  30 
disability  30 
disadvantageous  25 
disagree  131 
disagreement  157 
disappoint  56 
disaster  154 
disastrous  171 
disburse  26 
disbursement  26 
discern  125 
discernible  65 
discernment  163 
discharge  154 
disciplinary  56 


discordance  157 
discourse  13 
discovery  73 
discreditable  125 
discreet  155 
discrepancies  30 
discrepancy  30 
discretion  112 
discretionary  167 
discriminate  58 
discs  122 
diseased  54 
diseases  144 
disgrace  153 
disgraceful  26 
disguise  129 
dishabille  178 
disheveled  135 
dishonorable  66 
disinfectant  102 
disinherited  109 
dislike  155 
disloyal  40 
dismissal  61 
disobedience  172 
disown  153 
disparaging  139 
dispatch  154 
dispatcher  89 
displacement  82 
displays  34 
disqualification  135 
dissatisfaction  64 
dissatisfied  172 
dissembler  169 
disseminate  170 
dissension  63 
dissertation  139 
dissimilar  139 
dissipated  169 
dissipation  64 
dissolution  109 
dissuade  174 
distinguished  120 
distribution  131 
district  161 
ditto  176 
divan  100 
diversify  173 


10 


INDEX 


dividend  78 
divisible  66 
divisor  78 
divulge  169 
Dnieper  134 
docile  135 
doctor  85 
Doctor  148 
Doctor  of  Dental 

Surgery  148 
Doctor  of  Divinity 

148 
Doctor  of  Laws  148 
Doctor  of  Medicine 

148 
Doctor  of  Music 

148 
Doctor  of  Philoso- 
phy 148 
Doctor  of  the  Civil 

Law  148 
document  127 
documents  144 
doilies  99 
doleful  169 
domicile  116 
domineer  120 
Dominion  150 
Don  134 
donation  157 
dormant  168 
dormer  111 
doubt  161 
doubtful  157 
doughnuts  98 
dovetail  111 
dowel  plate  123 
dozen  176 
draftsman  85 
drainage  77 
dramatize  58 
drapery  99 
drayage  89 
drip  19 
dripping  19 
drivel  15 
driving  mechanism 

123 
driving-shaft  115 


drop  19 
dropping  19 
drought  135 
drudgery  71 
drum  18 
drummed  18 
drummer  18 
drumming  18 
drying  32 
dryly  32 
dryness  32 
dual  48 
dubious  68 
Dublin  142 
Dubuque  136 
ductility  82 
duel  48 
dulcimer  126 
dull-eyed  37 
Duluth  138 
duly  26 

dumfounded  37 
dummies  20 
dummy  86 
dun  18 
dungeon  143 
dunned  18 
dunning  18 
duplicate  90 
duplicity  169 
durable  65 
duress  107 
Dutch  132 
Dutch  Guiana  130 
dutiable  116 
duties  29 
duty  29 
dye  25 
dyeing  25 
dynamics  82 
dynamite  110 
dynamo  36 
dynamos  36 
dyspeptic  103 


each  176 
earrings  101 


Eau  Claire  138 
ebullition  139 
eccentric  110 
eccentricities  30 
eccentricity  30 
ecclesiastical  171 
echo  36 
echoes  36 
eclair  178 
gclat  178 
economical  57 
economize  114 
ecHasy  110 
ecstatic  167 
Ecuador  130 
edict  161 
Edinburgh  142 
edition  86 
editor  85 
editorial  86 
editor-in-chief  86 
Edmonton  151 
effect  54 
effected  170 
effective  40 
efficacious  69 
efficacy  157 
efficiency  70 
effrontery  169 
egregious  139 
Egypt  132 
Egyptian  132 
eider  60 
eidolon  60 
eight  60 
eightieth  135 
eighty-eight  37 
either  59 
elaborate  143 
elector  72 
electoral  76 
electrician  64 
electrode  80 
electrolier  60 
electrolysis  80 
electrotype  86 
elegance  166 
elementary  56 
elevated  168 


elevators  83 
elf  35 
elicit  22 
elicited  22 
eliciting  22 
eligibility  76 
eligible  65 
elimination  78 
Elizabeth  147 
ellipsis  172 
elliptical  139 
elocution  150 
eloquence  70 
elucidate  114 
elves  35 
emaciated  110 
emanate  127 
emancipation  74 
embargo  36 
embargoes  36 
embarrass  15 
embarrassment  125 
embellish  156 
embezzle  107 
embezzlement  139 
embodying  171 
emboss  86 
embrace  24 
embracing  24 
embroideries  99 
embryo  36 
embryonic  166 
embryos  36 
emerald  101 
emergencies  31 
emergency  31 
emery  95 
emetic  114 
emigration  73 
eminence  70 
emoluments  112 
emperor  75 
emphasis  120 
empiric  168 
empirical  116 
employ  13 
employe  178 
employee  118 
employment  167 


INDEX 


11 


empower  43 
emulsion  168 
enactment  109 
enamel  21 
enameled  21 
enameling  21 
encircle  24 
encircling  24 
encomium  112 
encouragement  26 
encroach  164 
encyclopedia  120 
endeavoring  123 
endorsement  121 
endowment  97 
endurable  66 
endurance  43 
enemies  29 
enemy  29 
enervate  157 
enfeeble  157 
enfranchise  141 
engine  89 
engineer  85 
engines  83 
England  132 
English  132 
engraving  86 
enigmatical  120 
enjoyable  33 
enjoyment  33 
enliven  40 
ennui  178 
en  route  178 
ensuing  123 
enthusiasm  129 
enthusiastic  119 
enticing  129 
entire  161 
entirely  27 
entreat  163 
entries  120 
enumeration  76 
envelop  22 
envelope  120 
enveloped  22 
enveloping  22 
envious  69 
environment  172 


environs  168 
ephemeral  119 
epidemic  141 
epilepsy  104 
epistolary  131 
epitome  169 
equal  21 
equaled  21 
equaling  21 
equalities  31 
equality  31 
equalize  21 
equalizer  117 
equanimity  168 
equation  78 
equator  77 
equatorial  77 
equilateral  78 
equilibrium  116 
equip  18 
equipage  175 
equipped  18 
equipping  18 
equitable  97 
equivalent  78 
equivocal  157 
Erie  91 
erosion  77 
erratic  157 
erroneous  114 
error  159 
errors  and  omissions 

excepted  176 
eruption  77 
erysipelas  104 
Escanaba  140 
escapade  141 
escape  13 
escheat  16 
escheated  113 
Eskimo  36 
Eskimos  36 
especially  110 
essays  34 
essence  94 
essential  152 
estimable  58 
estimate  13 
et  alii  176 


et  cetera  176 

etching  86 
ether  102 
ethereal  171 
etiquette  129 
et  sequentes  176 
etymology  172 
euchre  112 
eulogies  30 
eulogy  30 
euphonious  168 
Euphrates  134 
evanescent  143 
Evansville  136 
evaporate  119 
evasion  163 
eventually  171 
evidence  70 
evident  157 
evolution  78 
exactness  155 
exaggerate  131 
examination  109 
exasperate  114 
excel  17 
excelled  17 
excellent  17 
excelling  17 
excelsior  72 
except  53 
exceptionally  173 
excerpt  119 
excess  53 
excessive  56 
exchange  176 
exchequer  118 
excitable  24 
excite  24 
exciting  24 
exclamation  64 
exclusive  41 
excrescence  70 
excruciating  174 
excusable  23 
execrate  150 
executor  105 
exemplary  116 
exempli  gratia  176 
exemption  106 


exercise  48 
exhaustion  172 
exhilarate  125 
ex-mayor  37 
ex  officio  178 
exonerate  58 
exorbitant  118 
exorcise  48 
expel  18 
expelled  18 
expelling  18 
expenses  120 
expensive  152 
experience  70 
expert  14 
expiration  63 
explain  16 
explanatory  175 
explicit  131 
exploration  73 
exploratory  113 
explorers  74 
exponent  78 
export  14 
ex  post  facto  178 
expostulate  170 
express  176 
expulsion  43 
exquisite  110 
extemporaneous  € 
extension  100 
extensively  26 
extenuation  119 
exterminate  120 
extinguisher  95 
extirpate  133 
extol  15 
extortionate  168 
extract  14 
extradition  114 
extraneous  114 
extraordinary  40 
extravagance  70 
extravagant  158 
extricate  173 
exuberant  175 


12 


INDEX 


F 

fabulous  125 
facetious  68 
facial  166 
facilitate  124 
facility  133 
fac-simile  110 
factitious  165 
factoring  78 
factory  43 
Fahrenheit  174 
faiUng  154 
faint  48 
fallacious  123 
fallacy  168 
false  159 
familiar  72 
famous  157 
fanciful  29 
fancy  29 
fantastic  162 
farcical  116 
far-fetched  37 
farther  54 
fascination  43 
fashionable  99 
fastidious  168 
fat  19 
fatigue  116 
fatter  19 
fattest  19 
fatiguing  112 
faucet  111 
favoritism  112 
fealty  169 
feasible  66 
February  124 
federal  73 
feign  60 
feint  48 
felonious  139 
felloe  122 
felony  105 
feminine  174 
feofif  16 
ferocious  68 
fertility  87 
fertilize  87 


fertihzer  87 
ferule  95 
festivity  167 
feudalism  75 
feverish  103 
fiance  178 
fiancee  178 
fichu  93 
fictitious  68 
fiduciary  114 
fie  60 
fief  60 
field  60 
fiend  60 
fiendish  60 
fierce  60 
fiery  129 
fife  35 
fifes  35 
figure  176 
fiU  buster  175 
filigree  139 
fiUng  120 
finally  125 
financial  39 
financier  60 
fireless  83 
fireman  90 
firmament  119 
first-class  37 
fiscal  110 
fisheries  77 
fitted  161 
five-ninths  37 
fixtures  95 
flaccid  146 
.  flageolet  126 
flannel  99 
flashing  111 
flat  19 
flatiron  95 
flatter  19 
flattest  19 
flaxon  99 
fleam  122 
fleam  tooth  123 
fleecy  23 
fleeting  164 
fleshy  156 


flexibility  143 
flexible  66 
flippancy  123 
flippant  168 
float-feed  115 
flooring  88 
Florida  147 
flourishing  133 
fluctuate  129 
flying  32 
foliation  111 
foHo  36 
folios  36 

Fond  du  Lac  140 
font  86 
foodstuff  35 
foot  or  feet  176 
forbearance  43 
forbid  18 
forbidding  18 
force  23 
forceful  164 
forceps  95 
forcible  23 
forcing  23 
forecaster  40 
foreclosure  121 
forego  153 
foregoing  124 
forehead  129 
foreign  60 
foreman  86 
forenoon  56 
forensic  167 
foresee  39 
forestry  144 
forethought  170 
forfeit  60 
forfeiture  107 
forgeries  30 
forgery  30 
forget  18 
forgetting  18 
forgot  18 
forgotten  18 
formaldehyde  102 
formidable  65 
forswear  153 
forth  48 


fortnight  150 
fortuitous  157 
Fort  Worth  147 
forty-nine  37 
foster  159 
foul  48 
foulard  93 
foundries  30 
foundry  30 
fourth  48 
fowl  48 
fracas  135 
fractious  150 
fragile  124 
fragrance  113 
fragrant  92 
frail  16 
frailty  168 
France  132 
franchise  57 
frangible  168 
frappe  98 
fraternal  97 
fraudulent  97 
Frederick  VIII  149 
free  on  board  176 
freeze  48 
freight  60 
French  132 
French  Guiana  130 
frequency  43 
fricassee  98 
friend  60 
frieze  48 
frigid  22 
frigidity  22 
fringes  99 
fritters  98 
frivolity  166 
frivolous  69 
frolic  17 
frolicked  17 
frolicking  17 
frolicky  17 
frontier  59 
frontispiece  86 
fruitless  154 
fugitive  43 
fulfill  37 


INDEX 


13 


fulfillment  107 
full-fledged  37 
fumed  100 
fumigate  116 
fuming  122 
fundamental  112 
fungous  67 
funnel  95 
furlough  175 
furnace  129 
furniture  113 
further  54 
fusilier  60 
futurity  23 


gables  111 
gainful  158 
galleys  34 
gallon  176 
galvanic  80 
galvanism  80 
galvanized  95 
Galveston  136 
gamble  48 
gambol  48 
Ganges  134 
garage  115 
garbage  98 
gardener  85 
gargoyle  111 
gargoyle  111 
garments  155 
garnet  101 
garnishee  107 
garnishes  98 
garrison  141 
garrulous  157 
gas  18 
gaseous  18 
gases  18 
gasify  18 
gassy  18 
gastric  103 
gauges  122 
gauging  23 
gazetteer  174 
gelatin  98 


genealogical  166 
genealogy  133 
General  148 
general  22 
generality  22 
generalize  22 
generator  80 
genial  22 
geniality  22 
Genoa  151 
gentility  166 
genuine  119 
geographical  77 
Georgetown  130 
Georgia  138 
German  132 
Germany  132 
gesticulate  146 
gesture  13 
ghastly  168 
gherkins  94 
gift  157 
gigantic  116 
gimlet  95 
ginger  84 
gingham  93 
^trojfe  129 
girders  111 
&ir<s  122 
glacier  60 
glad  19 
gladden  39 
gladder  19 
gladdest  19 
Glasgow  142 
glazier  60 
glider  117 
glorifies  29 
glorify  32 
glorious  29 
glory  29 
glossary  86 
gluing  122 
glycerine  102 
gnarled  110 
gneiss  16 
goiter  104 
gondola  90 
gondolier  60 


good-looking  37 
good-natured  37 
gooseberry  92 
gorgeous  68 
gossamer  174 
gossiping  169 
government  73 
gracious  67 
gradually  40 
graduate  39 
grafting  92 
Graham  94 
gram  146 
grammar  112 
granaries  31 
granary  31 
Grand  Army  of  the 

Republic  176 
grandeur  112 
Grand  Rapids  138 
Grand  Trunk  91 
granite  84 
grapefruit  92 
graphite  84 
grate  49 
grateful  125 
grater  95 
gratifies  29 
gratify  29 
gratifying  170 
gratis  178 
gratuitous  69 
gratuity  157 
gravel  15 
gravity  82 
grazier  60 
great  49 

Great  Northern  91 
Great  Western  91 
Grecian  132 
Greece  132 
Greek  132 
grenadine  93 
griddle  95 
gridiron  98 
grief  35 
griefs  35 
grievance  23 
grieve  59 


grievous  60 
grin  19 
grinning  19 
groan  16 
grooved  88 
gross  15 
grotesque  174 
grovel  21 
groveled  21 
groveling  21 
gruff  15 
guarantee  54 
guarantor  108 
guaranty  54 
guardian  56 
Guatemala  130 
guerrilla  135 
guess  16 
Guiana  145 
guidance  24 
guide  24 
guiding  24 
guillotine  75 
guimpe  93   • 
guinea  174 
guitar  126 
gum  arable  84 
gum  tragacanth  84 
Guthrie  138 
gutta-percha  84 
guttural  168 
gymnasium  110 
gymnastics  150 


habeas  corpus  178 
habit  22 
habitation  153 
habitual  22 
hackneyed  112 
hairbreadth  169 
Haiti  130 
halcyon  169 
half  35 
halftone  86 
halibut  94 
Halifax  130 
hallucination  139 


14 


INDEX 


halves  35 

hektogram  146 

hoof  35 

hypothesis  78 

Hamburg- 

hektoliter  146 

hoofs  35 

American  149 

hektometer  146 

horde  49 

I 

hammock  100 

Helena  136 

horizontal  152 

handful  15 

helical  122 

horrible  65 

ibidem  176 

handicapped  116 

helical  groove  123 

horse  power  176 

icing  89 

handicraft  172 

helicopter  117 

horticulture  87 

Idaho  136 

handkerchief  35 

heliotrope  133 

hosiery  44 

idem  176 

handkerchiefs  35 

hemisphere  174 

hostile  157 

id  est  176 

hangar  117 

hemorrhage  135 

hostilities  31 

idle  49 

haphazard  172 

herculean  139 

hostility  31 

idol  49 

happen  22 

hereditary  71 

hot  19 

idyll  49 

happened  22 

hesitancy  70 

hotter  19 

ignition  115 

happening  22 

heterogeneous  69 

hottest  19 

ignominious  58, 

happiness  29 

hiatus  169 

Houston  136 

ignoramus  172 

happy  29 

hiccough  110 

Hudson  134 

ignorant  44 

harangue  133 

hickory  88 

hum  19 

illegal  38 

harass  15 

hideous  67 

humanity  143 

illegible  43 

harmless  157 

hie  60 

humbug  20 

illegitimate  137 

harmonicon  126 

hieroglyphics  173 

humbugged  20 

illiberal  167 

harmonious  112 

hilarious  68 

humbugging  20 

illicit  175 

harmony  126 

hindrance  155 

humiliation  63 

ill-gotten  37 

harpist  126 

Hindustan  132 

humming  19 

Illinois  136 

harpsichord  126 

hinges  95 

humus  87 

Illinois  Central  91 

Harrisburg  136 

His  Royal  Highness 

5  hundred  176 

illiteracy  135 

harrow  87 

148 

Hungarian  132 

illiterate  44 

Hartford  140 

histories  30 

Hungary  132 

ill-omened'37 

harvester  83 

history  30 

Huntington  147 

illuminating  143 

hassock  100 

hoard  49 

hurly-burly  173 

illustration  86 

hasten  154 

Hoboken  147 

hurricane  127 

illustrative  23 

hatchet  95 

hoe  25 

hurriedly  114 

illustrious  150 

hateful  26 

hoeing  25 

hurries  29 

imaginary  23 

hatred  155 

hogshead  176 

hurry  29 

imagination  125 

haul  16 

holidays  172 

husbandry  87 

imbecile  135 

Havana  130 

Holland  132 

Hwang  134 

imitate  174 

haversack  169 

Holland  America 

hybrid  139 

imitation  100 

Hawaii  130 

149 

hydraulics  82 

imitator  23 

hazard  127 

holocaust  141 

hydroaeroplane  117 

'  immaculate  114 

hazardous  131 

homeopathy  146 

hydrophobia  139 

immaterial  129 

headache  113 

homicidal  146 

hydroplane  83 

immeasurably  173 

headstrong  159 

homicide  106 

hydrostatic  82 

immediately  26 

hectograph  120 

hominy  119 

hygiene  103 

immense  15S 

Aei/er  59 

homologous  69 

hygienic  146 

immensely  28 

;iet>/i«  60 

Honduras  130 

hyphenated  172 

immensity  27 

heinous  60 

honesty  161 

hypnotize  58 

immerse  170 

heir  60 

Hongkong  151 

hypocrisy  139 

immigration  73 

heiress  59 

honiton  99 

hypocrite  150 

imminent  174 

heirloom  110 

Honolulu  130 

hypodermic  103 

immoderate  158 

/^e^tore  146 

Honorable  148 

hypotenuse  78 

immunity  97 

INDEX 


16 


immutable  168 
impanel  15 
impartial  58 
impassable  66 
impassible  66 
impeachment  155 
impecunious  68 
impediment  114 
impel  40 
imperative  123 
Imperator  149 
imperceptible  166 
imperil  21 
imperiled  21 
imperiling  21 
imperious  16S 
impervious  68 
impetuous  168 
implacable  169 
implement  87 
implied  164 
imply  163 
implying  32 
import  14 
importune  163 
impossible  38 
impostor  125 
impression  86 
imprisonment  109 
impromptu  127 
improper  72 
improvement  150 
imprudent  56 
impulsively  26 
impurities  30 
impurity  30 
inaction  158 
inadequate  56 
inadvertently  169 
inattentive  162 
inaugural  110 
inauguration  135 
incandescent  80 
incarceration  143 
incarnation  171 
incendiary  135 
incentive  127 
incessant  114 
incidental  112 


incipient  150 
incision  103 
inclination  143 
incline  13 
inclose  24 
inclosure  24 
inclusion  38 
inclusive  41 
incognito  176 
incoherent  112 
incomparable  166 
incompatibility  175 
incompatible  114 
incompetent  124 
incompetency  175 
incomprehensible  65 
inconceivable  66 
incongruous  169 
incorporate  107 
incorrect  38 
incorrigible  65 
incorruptible  65 
increasing  158 
incredible  174 
increment  112 
incurable  23 
indecencies  173 
indecision  168 
indecisive  167 
indefatigable  158 
indefensible  44 
indefinite  143 
indelible  65 
indemnify  109 
indemnity  109 
indentation  86 
indenture  109 
independence  70 
independent  39 
indestructible  44 
India  132 
Itidian  132 
Indiana  136 
Indianapolis  140 
indicative  119 
indict  49 
indictment  105 
indifferent  123 
indigenous  69 


indigestible  42 

indigo  94 
indirect  156 
indispensable  123 
indite  49 
individual  129 
indivisible  146 
Indo-China  132 
Indo-Chinese  132 
indomitable  135 
induce  38 
inducement  26 
induction  38 
Indus  134 
industrial  77 
industries  30 
industrious  116 
industry  30 
inefficient  146 
inelastic  167 
inertia  150 
inevitable  66 
inexhaustible  66 
inexplicable  125 
infancy  110 
infectious  68 
infer  20 
inferable  18 
inference  20 
inferior  72 
inferred  164 
infinitesimal  139 
infirmity  114 
inflammable  97 
inflammation  63 
influence  70 
influential  116 
infringe  26 
infringement  26 
ingenious  54 
ingenuous  54 
ingrain  100 
ingredients  98 
inhalation  103 
inherit  22 
inheritance  22 
inherited  22 
inheriting  22 
inimical  169 


inimitable  110 
iniquities  30 
iniquity  30 
initial  166 
initiative  137 
initiatory  123 
injunction  105 
injuries  29 
injurious  29 
injury  29 
innocence  70 
innocent  157 
innocuous  139 
innovation  129 
innuendo  36 
innuendoes  36 
inoculate  165 
inoffensive  157 
inquest  106 
inquiry  23 
inquisitive  169 
inquisitorial  171 
in  re  178 
insecure  58 
insensible  159 
inseparable  40 
insertion  99 
insidious  173 
insignificance  170 
insignificant  168 
insinuation  63 
insolence  70 
insolvency  108 
inspection  164 
inspiration  27 
installation  81 
installment  121 
instant  118 
instantaneous  68 
instantly  156 
instigate  168 
instinct  14 
institute  108 
insulting  154 
insulation  80 
insurance  23 
insurrection  73 
intaglio  110 
integrity  161 


16 


INDEX 


intelligence  70 
intensify  116 
intercede  40 
intercession  146 
intercostal  103 
interest  177 
interference  174 
interior  144 
interjection  40 
interminable  143 
intermission  40 
international  143 
interpretation  63 
interpreter  170 
interrogate  135 
interrogatory  167 
interrupt  39 
interstate  172 
interstices  167 
interurban  56 
intervening  171 
intervention  143 
interview  141 
intimate  26 
intimately  26 
intimidate  119 
intoxication  165 
in  transitu  177 
intrastate  172 
intrepid  120 
intrinsic  135 
introduce  43 
introduction  161 
intuition  58 
inundation  114 
invade  164 
invalidate  143 
invariably  129 
invasion  76 
inveigh  59 
inveigle  165 
inventor  72 
inventory  118 
investigation  144 
investment  120 
invidious  69 
invisible  110 
invitation  23 
invoice  118 


involution  78 
invulnerable  169 
iodine  102 
iodoform  102 
Iowa  136 
irascible  65 
Ireland  132 
Irish  132 
irrational  110 
irregular  38 
irrelevant  139 
irreparable  66 
irrepressible  174 
irreproachable  116 
irresistible  65 
irresolute  146 
irreverent  139 
irritability  166 
irritable  65 
islands  77 
isolate  127 
isosceles  78 
isthmian  77 
isthmus  77 
Itahan  132 
tfaZzc  86 
italicize  135 
Italy  132 
itemized  121 
itinerant  150 
itinerary  71 
itself  35 


jabot  93 

jaconet  99 
jade  101 
Jamaica  130 
yam6  111 
janitor  72 
Japan  132 
Japanese  132 
jar  19 

jardiniere  100 
jarring  19 
jealousies  30 
jealousy  30 
jellies  98 


jeopardy  165 
Jersey  City  138 
jeweler  85 
Jew's-harp  126 
jocular  168 
jocund  169 
Johannesburg  151 
iotsis  111 
JoKef  140 
joule  81 
journal  120 
journalist  85 
journalize  118 
journeys  34 
joyous  33 
judgment  26 
judicial  113 
judiciary  76 
judicious  67 
jugular  103 
Juneau  130 
junior  177 
jurisdiction  74 
jurisprudence  105 
justifiable  146 
justification  135 
jute  95 
iuvenile  135 

K 

i?:afewZ  151 

Kaiser  Wilhelm  II 

149 
Kalamazoo  138 
kaleidoscope  60 
Kansas  140 
Kansas  City  138 
Kennebec  134 
Kentucky  136 
kerosene  94 
A;e«Ze  95 
key  49 
khaki  93 
kidnap  22 
kidnaped  22 
kidnaper  22 
kidnaping  22 
kill  49 


kiln  49 
kilo  146 
kilogram.  146 
kiloliter  146 
kilometer  146 
kilowat  80 
Kingston  130 
kleptomania  172 
knapsack  125 
knave  49 
knavery  158 
knickerbockers  93 
knicknack  125 
knife  35 
knives  35 
knit  18 
knitted  18 
knitter  18 
knitting  18 
Knoxville  147 
knowledge  123 
knuckle  125 
kohl-rabi  94 
Korea  132 
Korean  132 
Kristianiafjord  149 
Kronprinz  Wilhelm 
149 


label  21 

labeled  21 
labeling  21 
laboratory  71 
laborer  72 
labyrinth  116 
lacerate  135 
Lackawanna  91 
La  Crosse  147 
lacteal  165 
lading  137 
lag  screw  123 
laid  33 
lain  49 

Lake  Shore  91 
lament  13 
lamentable  43 
Lancaster  147 


INDEX 


17 


lane  49 
language  152 
lapse  97 
larceny  131 
laryngitis  150 
lassitude  116 
lasso  36 
lassos  36 
lathe  122 
latitude  77 
lattice  111 
laudable  135 
laudanum  102 
laughable  112 
lavalliere  101 
lavatory  71 
lavish  158 
Lawrence  147 
lawyer  85 
laxative  102 
leaders  86 
leaf  35 
league  75 
lean  49 
leatheret  100 
Leavenworth  147 
leaves  35 
ledger  120 
legacy  105 
legal  22 
legalize  40 
legality  22 
legible  174 
legislate  24 
legislation  107 
legislative  113 
legislator  41 
legislature  24 
legitimate  175 
Lehigh  91 
leisure  60 
Zemon  92 
Lena  134 
lengthen  40 
leniency  70 
lenient  116 
/eopard  129 
lessen  50 
lesson  50 


lethargic  103 

lethargy  158 
lettuce  94 
levee  50 
level  20 
leveled  20 
leveler  20 
leveling  20 
Zevers  95 
levy  50 
levying  76 
Lexington  138 
liabilities  33 
liability  30 
libel  21 
libeled  21 
libeling  21 
libelous  171 
liberator  171 
librarian  29 
library  29 
license  124 
licorice  102 
lie  60 
lief  60 
Zie^e  60 
lien  49 
lieu  60 

Lieutenant  148 
Lieutenant 

General  148 
life  35 

ligament  114 
light-complex- 

ioned  37 
lightening  125 
lightning  125 
likelihood  112 
Lima  130 
Umit  22 
limitation  108 
limitations  22 
limited  22 
limiting  22 
limousine  115 
Lincoln  147 
lineage  152 
lineament  166 
linen  99 


lingerie  93 
linguistic  171 
liniment  174 
linoleum  100 
linotype  86 
lintel  88 
liquefy  127 
liquid  83 
liquidate  108 
liquidation  163 
liquor  102 
Lisbon  142 
liter  146 
literal  79 
literary  71 
litigation  106 
livelihood  118 
liveliness  171 
Liverpool  142 
loaf  35 
loaves  35 
Zoom  16 
Zoaw  16 
loathe  153 
locomotive  89 
lodgment  26 
logging  88 
London  142 
lone  50 
longitude  77 
loose  54 
loosening  167 
loquacious  139 
Los  Angeles  138 
lose  54 

Louisiana  136 
Louisville  91 
lovable  39 
love  23 
Lowell  140 
lozenge  102 
lubricant  115 
lucid  158 
lucrative  118 
ludicrous  68 
luminous  158 
lunacy  168 
luncheon  129 
luscious  67 


Lusitania  149 
luxuriance  135 
luxuriant  114 
lyceum  127 
lying  159 
lymphatic  169 
lyrical  168 

M 

macadamize  57 
macaroni  94 
macaroons  94 
machinery  56 
machines  83 
machinist  85 
mackerel  141 
mackintosh  99 
mad  19 
madder  19 
maddest  19 
Madeira  134 
Mademoiselle  148 
magazine  86 
magisterial  168 
magistrate  105 
magnanimous  169 
magnesia  102 
magnetic  80 
magnetism  81 
magnetized  81 
magnificent  167 
magnificence  70 
magnifies  29 
magnify  29 
magnitude  78 
mahogany  88 
Maine  136 
maintain  159 
maintenance  70 
majestic  168 
majesty  125 
Major  148 
major  126 
Major  General  148 
majority  61 
maladroit  120 
malady  137 
malarial  146 


18 


INDEX 


malediction  119 
malevolence  70 
malfeasance  106 
malice  168 
malicious  68 
malign  163 
malignant  103 
mammoth  116 
manage  25 
manageable  25 
management  44 
Managua  130 
Manchester  147 
mandatory  127 
mandolin  126 
maneuver  114 
mania  168 
mantacaZ131 
manifest  157 
manifold  158 
Manila  130 
manila  170 
Mankato  147 
manly  164 
mansard  111 
manslaughter  108 
mantel  50 
mantle  50 
m,anufacture  24 
manufacturer  85 
manufacturers  177 
manufacturing  24 
manuscript  177 
manuscripts  177 
maraschino  139 
marauder  143 
marginal  137 
mariner  165 
marital  167 
maritime  167 
marketable  135 
marmalade  98 
Marquette  136 
marriage  25 
marriageable  25 
marry  29 
Marseilles  142 
marshal  21 
marshaled  21 


marshaling  21 
martyrdom  165 
marvel  21 
marveled  21 
marveling  21 
marvelous  21 
Maryland  136 
masquerade  171 
Massachusetts  136 
massacre  116 
masseuse  85 
masterful  164 
master-keyed  123 
Master  of  Arts  148 
Master  of  Dental 

Surgery  148 
Master  of  Science 

148 
mastiff  35 
mastiffs  35 
mat  19 
matches  83 
m,aterialize  169 
mathematician  64 
matinee  127 
matriculation  63 
matrix  86 
matting  19 
mattress  15 
maturity  120 
Mauretania  149 
mayonnaise  98 
meadow  87 
mean  50 
measles  104 
measurement  124 
mechanical  141 
mechanically  173 
mechanician  64 
mechanics  82 
mechanism  112 
medal  51 
meddle  51 
meddling  23 
m,ediation  172 
medicinal  102 
medicine  112 
medieval  75 
mediocre  159 


meditation  167 
medium  159 
meerschaum  175 
melancholy  135 
Melbourne  142 
melodeon  126 
melodious  126 
melody  126 
Member  of 

Congress  148 
Member  of 

Parliament  148 
membranous  103 
memento  36 
mementos  36 
memoir  119 
memorable  66 
memorandum  121 
memories  29 
memorize  120 
memory  29 
Memphis  138 
menace 
menaced  143 
mendacious  159 
menu  178 
mercantile  118 
mercenary  116 
mercerize  99 
merchandise  90 
m,erchant  85 
mercies  29 
merciless  155 
mercurial  135 
mercury  84 
mercy  29 
meretricious  69 
meridian  77 
meringue  98 
merino  36 
merinos  36 
meritorious  110 
merrily  29 
merriment  169 
merry  29 
messaline  93 
messenger  72 
Messieurs  148 
metal  20 


metallic  20 
metallurgy  20 
metamorphic  167 
metamorphosis  135 
meter  146 
methodical  116 
metronome  126 
metropolis  120 
MetropoHtan  150 
mettle  51 
Mexico  130 
Mexico  City  130 
Michigan  136 
Michigan  Central 

91 
Michigan  Southern 

91 
microbe  103 
microscope  98 
mien  50 
mignonette  175 
mileage  25 
military  144 
militia  76 
millet  84 
milligram  146 
milliliter  146 
millimeter  146 
milliner  85 
millionaire  110 
Milwaukee  91 
mimeograph  116 
mimic  17 
mimicked  17 
mimicker  17 
mimicking  17 
mimicry  156 
minaret  111 
mineral  77 
m,iniature  112 
minimize  40 
mirdmum  112 
minister  76 
Minneapolis  91 
Minnesota  136 
minnow  125 
minor  107 
minority  116 
minuend  78 


INDEX 


Id 


minute  14 
miraculous  135 
mirage  135 
mirrors  100 
misanthropy  120 
miscellaneous  114 
mischief  59 
mischievous  58 
misconceive  38 
misconception  167 
misconstruction  41 
misconstrue  43 
miscreant  137 
misdemeanor  105 
miserable  65 
misery  150 
misrule  40 
missent  38 
missile  131 
Mississippi  134 
Missouri  134 
misspell  38 
mistake  38 
Mister  148 
Mistress  148 
misunderstood  38 
miter  111 
miter  gauge  123 
mittens  99 
moan  16 
Mobile  136 
moccasin  110 
mockery  156 
model  21 
modeled  21 
modeling  21 
moderate  116 
moderation  154 
modernize  56 
modified  161 
modifying  58 
modus  operandi  179 
mohair  99 
moisture  77 
molasses  94 
molding  100 
momentous  168 
monarchical  73 
money  order  177 


moneys  34 
Mongolia  132 
Mongolian  132 
monitor  72 
monogram  173 
monologue  41 
monoplane  39 
monopolist  129 
monopolize  171 
monopoly  131 
monotonous  44 
monotype  86 
Monsignor  148 
Montana  136 
Montenegrin  132 
Montenegro  132 
Monterey  151 
Montevideo  130 
Montgomery  140 
month  177 
Montpelier  140 
Montreal  142 
Moor  177 
moquette  100 
Morocco  132 
morocco  174 
morphine  102 
morris  100 
mortality  97 
mortar  102 
mortgage  108 
mortgageor  108 
mortify  32 
mortifying  32 
mortising  122 
mortuary  97 
mosaic  111 
Moscow  142 
mosquito  36 
mosquitoes  36 
motive  159 
motor  117 
motorcycle  83 
motor  drive  123 
motto  36 
mottoes  36 
mountain  177 
mountainous  77 
movable  131 


movement  26 
mucilage  124 
mucous  103 
mufif  35 
muffins  98 
muffler  115 
mulatto  36 
mulattoes  36 
mull  15 
muUion  88 
multiple  78 
multiplicand  78 
multiplier  78 
multiplying  78 
multitudinous  168 
municipal  76 
munificent  168 
munitions  172 
Murray  134 
muscular  110 
mushrooms  94 
musician  42 
Muskogee  147 
mustache  141 
mustard  84 
mutilate  131 
mutiny  161 
mutual  97 
myriad  139 
myself  35 
mysterious  29 
mystery  29 

N 

nainsook  93 
namesake  27 
napery  99 
naphtha  139 
narcissus  169 
narcotic  135 
narrate  24 
narration  24 
narrator  24 
narrow  158 
Nashua  147 
Nashville  91 
nasturtium  133 
Natchez  140 


naturalization  76 
naturalize  44 

nausea  112 
nautical  167 
nave  49 
navel  92 
navigable  77 
navigation  149 
Nebraska  147 
nebulous  165 
necessaries  31 
necessary  31 
necessities  33 
necessity  30 
necktie  93 
nefarious  159 
negative  80 
negligence  109 
negligent  162 
negligible  171 
negotiable  107 
negotiations  172 
negro  36 
negroes  36 
neigh  60 
neighbor  59 
neither  59 
neuralgia  104 
neuralgic  103 
neuritis  104 
neurotic  166 
Nevada  147 
New  Amsterdam 

149 
Newark  138 
new^eZ  111 
Newfoundland  130 
New  Hampshire 

138 
iVeuj  Haven  91 
New  Jersey  138 
New  Mexico  136 
iVeio  Orleans  140 
New  South  Wales 

132 
New  York  91 
New  Zealand  132 
Nicaragua  130 
ATtce  142 


20 


INDEX 


niche  111 
nickel  84 
niece  60 
Niger  134 
niggardly  168 
Nile  134 
nineteenth  27 
nine-tenths  37 
ninetieth  29 
ninety  29 
nisi  prius  179 
nobility  75 
nod  19 
nodding  19 
noisily  29 
noisome  166 
noisy  29 

nolens  volens  179 
nolle  prosequi  179 
nonchalant  159 
nonconductor  39 
nonpareil  59 
nonsense  56 
nonsensical  170 
Norfolk  140 
North  Carolina  140 
North  Dakota  140 
Northern  Pacific 

91 
North  German 

Lloyd  149 
North  Western  91 
Norway  132 
Norwegian  132 
Norwegian 

America  149 
nota  bene  177 
notable  23 
notably  171 
notary  108 
noted  157 
notice  25 
noticeable  25 
notification  118 
notoriety  127 
nourish  159 
Nova  Scotia  130 
novelties  30 
novelty  30 


novice  129 
noxious  69 

nucleus  139 
nuisance  116 
nullification  74 
nullify  42 
numeration  78 
numerator  78 
numerous  158 
numskull  37 
nursery  92 
nursling  26 
nutmeg  84 
nutritious  67 
nut  shanks  123 


Oakland  138 
oasis  77 
obdurate  159 
obedience  70 
obeisance  59 
obese  156 
obesity  175 
obeying  33 
obeys  34 
Obi  134 
object  14 
objectionable  143 
obligation  64 
obligatory  71 
oblique  131 
obliterate  171 
oblivion  141 
obloquy  150 
obnoxious  69 
obscene  127 
obscenity  127 
obscure  157 
obscurity  165 
obsequies  127 
obsequious  127 
observance  23 
obsession  173 
obsolete  110 
obstacle  155 
obstinacy  168 
obstinate  159 


obstreperous  114 
obstruction  155 
obtainable  42 
obtrusive  166 
obvious  157 
occasion  64 
occidental  120 
occupation  159 
occupations  77 
occur  17 
occurred  17 
occurrence  17 
occurring  17 
oceanic  77 
octagon  78 
octavo  36 
octavos  36 
ocular  139 
oculist  85 
offense  113 
offensive  116 
offer  22 
offered  22 
offering  22 
offertory  173 
officer  72 
official  56 
officiate  112 
officious  131 
Ohio  134 
ohm  80 
Oklahoma  138 
oleomargarine  94 
olives  94 
Olympic  149 
Omaha  138 
omission  131 
omit  19 
omitted  174 
omitting  19 
omnipresent  139 
onerous  159 
onions  94 
Ontario  91 
onyx  101 
opal  101 
opaque  165 
operatic  126 
operation  103 


operator  72 
opossum  175 
opponent  42 
opportunities  31 
opportunity  31 
opposition  23 
oppression  143 
oppressive  159 
oppressor  112 
opprobrious  154 
optician  64 
optics  82 
optimistic  143 
option  107 
opulent  125 
oracular  173 
Orange  134 
orange  92 
orator  174 
oratorio  126 
orchestra  126 
ordinance  74 
ordinarily  171 
ordinary  71 
Oregon  136 
organdie  93 
organize  44 
oriel  111 
oriental  120 
orifice  170 
original  154 
originate  120 
Orinoco  134 
ornament  101 
ornamental  171 
Oscar  II  149 
oscillation  82 
Oshkosh  136 
ostensible  65 
ostentatious  170 
osteopathist  85 
Ottawa  130 
ottoman  100 
ought  46 
ounce  177 
ourselves  35 
outlawed  108 
outrage  25 
outrageous  25 


INDEX 


21 


outre  179 
outrigger  117 

outweigh  59 
ovation  141 
overalls  99 
overcoat  93 
overseer  118 
oversight  159 
overwhelm  123 
oysters  94 


Pacific  91 
paci'/j/  127 
package  177 
pad  19 
padding  19 
padlock  95 
page  177 
pageant  139 
pages  177 
pagoda  111 
paid  33 
palatable  65 
palate  51 
palatial  127 
palette  51 
pallet  51 
palliate  166 
palpable  166 
pamphlet  127 
Panama  130 
panel  20 
paneled  20 
paneling  20 
panic  17 
panicky  17 
panorama  116 
pantomime  175 
pantaloons  93 
parachute  117 
paradise  166 
paraffin  94 
paragraph  86 
Paraguay  130 
parallel  61 
parallelopipedon  78 
parallels  77 


paralysis  104 
paralyze  57 

paralyzed  174 
paramount  114 
parasol  99 
Paramaribo  130 
Parana  134 
paraphernalia  139 
parasite  173 
parboil  98 
parcels  144 
pardon  13 
parenthesis  119 
par  excellence  179 
paring  98 
Paris  142 
Parliament  74 
parliamentary  74 
parol  106 
parole  106 
paroxysm  103 
parquet  127 
parquetry  111 
parsimonious  110 
partially  116 
participant  127 
participate  112 
participle  141 
particular  72 
partisan  57 
partition  114 
partnership  113 
Pasadena  138 
passable  131 
passed  51 
passenger  72 
passionate  119 
past  51 

pasteurization  83 
pat  19 

Patagonia  130 
Paterson  147 
patience  70 
patrimony  152 
patriotism  114 
patterns  99 
patting  19 
paucity  173 
pavilion  125 


payable  113 
payment  33 
peace  25 
peaceable  25 
peak  51 
peck  177 
peculiar  72 
peculiarity  131 
pedal  51 
peddle  51 
peddler  43 
pedestal  44 
pedestrian  141 
pediment  111 
peek  51 
peer  51 
Pefcin^  142 
penance  165 
penal  105 
penalize  114 
penalty  107 
pencil  21 
penciled  21 
penciling  21 
pendant  111 
pendulum  82 
penetration  163 
peninsula  77 
penitence  70 
penitential  169 
penitentiary  131 
pennant  127 
penniless  29 
Pennsylvania  91 
penny  29 
Penobscot  134 
pension  144 
Peoria  136 
pepper  84 
pepsin  102 
perambulator  100 
per  annum  179 
percale  93 
per  capita  179 
perceive  60 
percentage  97 
per  centum  177 
perceptible  66 
perceptibly  173 


percolator  95 
percussion  146 
per  diem  179 
peremptory  154 
perennial  56 
perfect  14 
perfidious  69 
perforated  95 
perforation  170 
pergola  111 
peril  22 
perilous  22 
perimeter  39 
periodical  86 
periodicals  144 
peripheral  122 
perishable  90 
peristyle  111 
peritonitis  104 
perjuries  31 
perjury  31 
permanent  110 
permeate  125 
permissible  66 
permission  41 
permit  18 
permitted  18 
permitting  18 
pernicious  156 
perpendicular  78 
perpetual  169 
perplexity  161 
perquisite  114 
persecute  54 
persecution  166 
perseverance  70 
persevere  24 
persevering  158 
Persia  132 
Persian  132 
persistent  159 
personal  121 
personalities  31 
personality  31 
personnel  171 
perspiration  103 
perspiratory  103 
persuade  110 
perswasion  166 


22 


INDEX 


persuasive  127 
pertinacious  167 
Peru  130 
perverse  159 
pessimistic  143 
pestiferous  167 
pestilential  167 
pestle  102 
petit  109 
petition  64 
Petrograd  142 
petroleum  84 
petticoat  93 
petulant  167 
phaeton  137 
phantom  170 
pharmaceutics  102 
pharmacy  102 
phenomena  127 
phenomenal  114 
Philadelphia  91 
philanthropic  114 
Philippine 

Islands  130 
philology  172 
philosophy  149 
phlegmatic  61 
phosphorus  102 
photographer  72 
phthisis  104 
physic  17 
physical  77 
physician  64 
physicked  17 
physicking  17 
physique  135 
pianist  85 
piano  36 
pianola  83 
pianos  36 
pica  86 
piccaliUi  89 
pickles  94 
picnic  17 
picnicked  17 
picnicker  17 
picnicking  17 
pictorial  172 
picture  13 


picturesque  129 
pie  60 
piece  51 
pier  51 
pierce  60 
pier-glass  100 
Pierre  140 
pilaster  111 
pillows  99 
pimento  94 
pin  19 

pineapple  94 
pinnacle  110 
pinning  19 
pint  177 
pioneer  74 
pique  51 
piqu6  99 
pistUlate  92 
23is<oZ  95 
piston  89 
pitch  spur  123 
piteous  43 
pitiable  65 
Pittsburgh  136 
pitying  32 
placard  110 
plagiarism  125 
plagiarize  137 
plain  51 
plantiff  35 
plaintiffs  35 
plait  16 
plane  51 
planed  88 
planetary  71 
planing  122 
plantain  141 
PZa^a  134 
plateau  77 
platinum  84 
platitude  165 
plausibility  171 
plausible  66 
pZea  105 
pleading  109 
pleasurable  43 
plenary  71 
plenipotentiary  76 


plenteous  67 
plentiful  29 
plenty  29 
pleurisy  104 
pleuritic  103 
pliable  65 
pliers  95 
plot  19 
plotter  19 
plum  51 
plumage  23 
plumb  51 
plumber  85 
plurality  61 
plus  15 
pneumatic  83 
pneumonia  104 
poignancy  166 
poignant  112 
poison  22 
poisoned  22 
poisonous  22 
polarity  80 
pole  51 
policy  97 
polish  95 
polished  100 
politic  166 
political  77 
politician  137 
politics  129 
poll  51 
polygon  39 
pomegranate  168 
pommeled  168 
pompous  67 
pongee  98 
ponies  29 
pontiff  35 
pontiffs  35 
pony  29 
poplar  88 
poplin  99 
popularity  143 
population  77 
porcelain  122 
porous  174 
portable  66 
Port  au  Prince  130 


portend  164 
portfolio  36 
portfolios  36 
Port  Huron  149 
portico  111 
Portland  136 
Porto  Rico  130 
Portsmouth  138 
Portugal  132 
Portuguese  132 
positive  80 
positively  26 
possession  63 
Postmaster  148 
post  meridian  177 
postpone  38 
postponement  26 
postscript  38 
potash  102 
potato  36 
potatoes  36 
potency  157 
potential  80 
Potomac  134 
Potsdam  149 
Poughkeepsie  136 
poultice  110 
poultry  87 
pound  177 
pour  prendre 
conge  177 
powder  83 
power  83 
practicable  66 
practical  24 
practice  13 
Prague  142 
prairie  77 
praiseworthy  156 
prayer  33 
preamble  56 
precaution  43 
precede  38 
precedence  27 
precedent  27 
preceding  156 
precinct  133 
precious  67 
precipice  127 


INDEX 


23 


precipitately  127 
precipitation  77 
precipitous  77 
precision  155 
preclude  38 
precocious  68 
predecessor  41 
predicament  127 
predominant  165 
predominating  143 
preeminent  174 
preemption  123 
preface  13 
prefatory  170 
prefer  38 
preferable  20 
preference  38 
prefix  38 
prejudice  123 
prejudicial  24 
preliminaries  31 
preliminary  31 
prelude  161 
premise  135 
premium  97 
prepaid  33 
preparation  63 
preparatory  24 
prepaying  33 
prepays  34 
preposition  41 
prepossessing  125 
preposterous  69 
prerogative  110 
prescription  102 
present  14 
preserves  94 
president  152 
presidential  74 
pressman  86 
pressure  82 
prestige  172 
presumption  64 
presumptuous  170 
pretentious  165 
pretext  163 
Pretoria  151 
prevalence  123 
preroZen^  168 


preventive  41 
previous  156 
priest  60 
prima  donna  126 
prima  facie  179 
primarily  129 
primer  129 
primitive  154 
primogeniture  109 
Princeton  140 
principal  52 
principle  52 
printer  85 
prior  156 
prism  82 
privilege  152 
privileges  61 
probability  170 
probate  105 
probation  105 
probity  151 
procedure  120 
proceedings  108 
procession  63 
proclamation  74 
proclivity  164 
procrastinate  123 
produce  14 
profane  155 
profession  159 
professional  124 
professor  43 
profifer  22 
proffered  22 
proffering  22 
proficiency  174 
proficient  119 
profit  22 
profitable  22 
profited  22 
profiting  22 
profligacy  169 
prognosticate  174 
progress  14 
progressive  41 
prohibit  22 
prohibited  22 
prohibiting  22 
prohibition  107 


prohibitory  22 
prologue  165 
prominence  70 
promiscuous  67 
promissory  44 
promote  24 
promotion  24 
pronunciation  42 
proof  16 
proof  reader  86 
propaganda  173 
propagate  171 
propel  17 
propelled  17 
propeller  17 
propelling  17 
propensity  114 
property  113 
prophecy  54 
prophesy  54 
prophet  52 
prophylactic  102 
propinquity  169 
propitious  68 
proportion  78 
propose  54 
proposition  41 
proprietary  121 
proprietor  72 
pro  rata  179 
prosecute  54 
prosecutor  72 
prospector  72 
prospectus  121 
protector  155 
protectorate  73 
protegg  179 
pro  tempore  177 
protest  120 
protestant  75 
protractor  122 
proverbially  173 
Providence  140 
provincial  27 
provocative  171 
proximity  167 
proximo  177 
proxy  106 
prudent  155 


prudential  97 
pruning  92 
psalm  127 
pseudonym  57 
psychic  173 
psychological  135 
publication  86 
Pueblo  138 
puerile  139 
Puget  Sound  150 
pugnacious  69 
pulleys  34 
pulmonary  71 
punctilious  69 
puncture  115 
pungency  166 
purchasable  23 
purchaser  42 
purgative  103 
purify  23 
pturlieu  60 
purpose  54 
purposely  26 
pus  15 

pusillanimous  171 
putrefying  168 
P3rrotechnics  168 


quadrant  122 
quadratics  78 
quadriliteral  78 
qualification  76 
quaUfied  161 
qualities  33 
quality  30 
quandary  161 
quantities  30 
quantity  30 
quarantine  103 
quarrel  21 
quarreled  21 
quarreling  21 
quarrelsome  127 
quarry  87 
quart  177 
quartered  88 
Quatermaster  148 


24 


INDEX 


quartet  126 
quay  49 
Quebec  142 
Queensland  132 
quell  15 
querulous  167 
query  161 
question  161 
quibble  166 
quick-tempered  158 
quid  pro  quo  179 
quiescent  119 
quill  15 
Quincy  91 
quinine  102 
quire  86 
quitclaim  105 
Quito  130 
quixotic  167 
quiz  17 
quizzed  17 
quizzical  17 
quizzing  17 
quod    erat   demon- 
strandum 177 
quod  vide  177 
quotation  114 
quotient  78 


rabbet  52 
rabbit  52 
rabid  167 
rabies  139 
racket  95 
radial  122 
radiation  82 
radical  75 
radically  143 
radishes  94 
radium  83 
radius  78 
rafters  122 
ragamuffin  137 
raglan  93 
railroad  177 
railway  177 
raiment  131 


rain  52 
raise  52 
Raleigh  140 
rampage  120 
rancid  146 
rapacious  167 
rapidity  82 
rapids  77 
rapping  152 
rarity  166 
rascality  125 
raspberry  92 
ratchet  122 
ratchet  wheel  123 
ratification  74 
ratifies  29 
ratify  29 
ratifying  32 
ratio  36 
ratios  36 
rattan  100 
ravel  20 
raveled  20 
raveling  20 
ravenous  114 
raze  52 
razor  95 
Reading  91 
real  164 
realities  143 
realty  107 
ream  86 
reasonable  65 
rebating  124 
rebel  17 
rebelled  17 
rebelling  17 
rebellion  17 
rebellious  174 
rebuff  15 
rebuttal  106 
recalcitrant  172 
recall  13 
receipt  13 
receipted  121 
receivable  121 
receive  59 
received  177 
receiver  81 


receptacle  124 
recherche  179 
recipient  150 
reciprocal  137 
reciprocity  61 
recital  23 
recitation  131 
reclining  100 
recognition  61 
recognizance  109 
recommendation  42 
recompense  123 
reconcile  162 
recondite  167 
reconnoiter  72 
record  14 
records  162 
recourse  121 
recruit  13 
rectangular  78 
rectitude  143 
recuperate  172 
recur  18 
recurred  18 
recurrence  IS 
recurring  18 
Red  134 
redolent  170 
redress  15 
reef  35 
reefs  35 
refectory  71 
refer  20 
referable  20 
referee  105 
reference  20 
referendum  137 
referred  174 
reformation  75 
refraction  82 
refrigerator  72 
refugee  165 
refusal  146 
refuse  14 
regency  75 
regime  179 
registration  64 
regretted  173 
regulator  81 


reign  52 
rein  52 
reZaie  24 
relation  41 
relative  24 
relay  81 
relays  34 
release  13 
relegate  166 
relentless  162 
reliable  66 
reliance  42 
reliant  29 
relief  60 
relieve  60 
religious  42 
relinquish  153 
relish  98 
reluctance  70 
rely  29 
relying  32 
remain  153 
remainder  78 
remarkable  44 
remedial  103 
remedies  143 
remedy  162 
leminiscence  70 
remiss  162 
remit  17 
remittance  17 
remitted  17 
remitting  17 
remnant  162 
remnants  99 
remodeling  131 
removal  24 
remove  24 
remunerate  162 
remuneration  123 
rendezvous  165 
renewal  44 
renounce  153 
renovate  114 
renowned  162 
repaid  162 
repairing  101 
reparation  162 
repaying  33 


INDEX 


26 


repays  34 
repealed  107 

repeat  16 
repel  17 
repelled  17 
repellent  17 
repelling  17 
repentance  43 
repertoire  114 
repetition  57 
replenish  110 
replevin  106 
repondez  s'il  vous 

plait  177 
reporter  85 
repository  167 
reprehensible  65 
representation  73 
representative  45 
reprieve  60 
reprimand  119 
reprisal  137 
repudiate  153 
repugnance  155 
repugnant  166 
repulsive  162 
reputable  27 
reputation  64 
requirement  124 
requisite  163 
requisition  137 
requital  24 
requite  24 
rescind  108 
rescuing  23 
resemblance  23 
resentment  164 
reserved  162 
reservoir  115 
residence  153 
residuary  175 
residue  108 
resign  153 
resin  122 
resistance  39 
resources  121 
respectable  39 
respecter  72 
respectfully  39 


respectively  39 
respiration  103 
respiratory  143 
responsibility  109 
responsible  154 
restaurant  175 
restfiil  37 
restitution  162 
restorative  56 
restore  24 
restoring  24 
restricted  158 
restrictions  121 
resume  179 
resurrection  127 
resuscitate  116 
retail  118 
retaliate  61 
reticent  162 
retinue  119 
retreat  13 
retrench  153 
retrieve  59 
retrospection  143 
retrousse  179 
returned  177 
reunite  162 
reveal  16 
revel  20 
revelation  174 
reveled  20 
reveler  20 
reveling  20 
revengeful  127 
reverence  70 
Reverend  148 
reversion  109 
r  every  170 
review  60 
revision  105 
revokable  124 
revolt  161 
revolution  74 
revolutionize  173 
revolver  95 
revolving  100 
rheostat  81 
rheumatic  103 
rheumatism  104 


/2Atne  134 
Rhode  Island  140 
rhubarb  98 
rhythm  112 
rhythmic  126 
Richmond  138 
rid  18 
riddance  18 
ridicule  159 
ridiculous  23 
riyZe  95 
right  53 
righteous  44 
Right  Honorable 

148 
Right  Reverend 

148 
rigid  162 
rigidity  122 
rigorous  162 
Rio  de  Janeiro  130 
Rio  Grande  91 
Rio  Negro  134 
ripsaw  123 
riotous  67 
rite  53 
rival  15 
rivalry  129 
rivet  22 
riveted  22 
riveting  22 
road  52 
rob  17 
robbed  17 
robber  17 
robbing  17 
Rochester  140 
Rock  Island  91 
rode  52 
roguish' 23 
roman  86 
romantic  162 
roofing  95 
rotary  82 
rotor  81 
Rotterdam  149 
Roumania  132 
Roumanian  132 
roundabout  156 


routine  125 
rowed  52 
rub  18 
rubbed  18 
rubber  18 
rubbing  18 
rubicund  171 
ruching  99 
rudimentary  114 
rudiments  166 
ruffian  112 
run  19 

runabout  115 
runner  19 
running  19 
Russia  132 
Russian  132 
rutabagas  94 


saccharine  150 
sacrament  175 
sacrifice  125 
sacrilege  146 
sacrilegious  155 
sad  19 
sadder  19 
saddest  19 
safety  27 
sag  19 

sagacious  68 
sagacity  125 
sagging  19 
Saginaw  147 
saint  177 
St.  Augustine  147 
St.  John's  130 
St.  Joseph  136 
St.  Lawrence  134 
St.  Louis  91 
St.  Paul  91 
St.  Petersburg  142 
saith  33 
salable  27 
salaries  120 
salary  152 
saleratus  94 
salesman  85 


26 


INDEX 


salient  57 
salivary  135 
salmon  94 
Salt  Lake  City  136 
salutary  169 
Salvador  130 
salvage  109 
saZve  125 
San  Antonio  140 
sanction  163 
sandwich  98 
»San  Francisco  134 
sanguinary  135 
sanguine  166 
<San  Jose  130 
>San  Jwan  130 
San  Salvador  130 
Son^a  /fe  136 
Santiago  130 
San^o  Domingo  130 
sapling  92 
sapphire  101 
sarcasm  133 
sarcastic  133 
sardines  94 
sarsaparilla  131 
Saskatchewan  134 
sassafras  150 
sateen  93 
satellite  112 
sa^tn  99 

satisfactorily  127 
satisfactory  71 
satisfies  29 
satisfy  29 
saturate  114 
Saturdays  34 
saucepan  98 
Sault  Ste.  Marie  91 
saut6ing 
Savannah  138 
saxony  99 
saxophone  126 
scalloped  98 
scan  18 
scandalous  44 
Scandinavian- 
America  149 
scanned  18 


scanning  18 
scarab  101 
scarcely  26 
scarf  35 
scarfs  35 
scent  47 
schedule  90 
scheme  131 
Schenectady  140 
schism  167 
scholastic  114 
scholium  78 
sciatica  104 
scientific  144 
scientist  85 
sciUcet  177 
scion  92 
scissors  95 
Scotch  132 
Scotland  132 
scourge  131 
Scranton  140 
scream  16 
screens  95 
scnm  99 
scrubbing  98 
scruff  15 
scrupulous  163 
scrutinize  175 
scrutiny  165 
sculptor  85 
scurrilous  154 
seamstress  85 
seance  179 
^eaf^Ze  138 
secession  78 
secretary  177 
secretaryship  32 
sectarian  166 
section  177 
sectional  100 
secular  166 
securities  45 
security  27 
sediment  116 
sedition  73 
sedulous  167 
seedling  92 
seignior  60 


seine  59 
seismic  59 
seismograph  83 
set2e  59 
seizure  27 
self  35 

self-restraint  154 
selves  35 
semaphore  89 
semitropical  56 
senator  76 
senior  177 
senseless  61 
sensible  23 
sensitive  23 
sent  47 
separate  24 
separately  27 
separation  24 
separator  24 
Serb  132  • 
serenely  26 
serge  52 
sergeant  143 
series  131 
serum  103 
Servia  132 
Servian  132 
service  25 
serviceable  25 
servile  167 
settee  100 
setting  101 
settlement  73 
severally  107 
severe  162 
sheaf  35 
shearing  motion 

123 
shears  95 
sheaves  35 
sheeting  99 
5;ieJ?ieW  142 
shell  35 
shellac  17 
shellacked  17 
shellacking  17 
shelves  35 
shepherd  61 


sherbet  139 
sheriff  15 
sheriffs  35 
shiek  60 
shield  60 
shilly-shally  173 
shingles  88" 
ship  19 
shipment  89 
shipping  19 
shoe  25 
shoeing  25 
shoemaker  85 
shortage  121 
shorten  153 
shovel  21 
shoveled  21 
shoveling  21 
shredder  87 
shrewdness  163 
shriek  60 
shrivel  21 
shriveled  21 
shriveling  21 
shunt  181 
shyly  32 
shyness  32 
Siam  132 
Siamese  132 
Siberia  132 
Siberian  132 
sideboard  100 
siege  59 
sieve  59 
sight  47 
signals  83 
signature  121 
significance  70 
signify  163 
silage  87 
silencer  115 
silent  162 
silesia  93 
silhouette  175 
silkaline  99 
similar  72 
similarly  172 
simmering  98 
simplicity  116 


INDEX 


27 


simplified  172 

simultaneous  78 
sincere  164 
sincerely  26 
sinecure  135 
sine  die  179 
sinewy  173 
singe  25 
singeing  25 
singular  157 
Sioux  City  147 
Sioux  Falls  136 
siphon  82 
site  47 
situation  110 
sixtieth  172 
sA:ein  60 
skeleton  114 
skeptical  127 
skepticism  46 
skewer  98 
skidding  115 
skiff  35 
skiffs  35 
skim  18 
skimmed  18 
skimmer  18 
skimming  18 
skull  15 
skyscrapers  83 
slain  33 
slander  163 
sleigh  59 
sleight  52 
slight  52 
sUm  19 
slimmer  19 
slimmest  19 
sloyd  122 
sluggish  173 
slyest  32 
slyly  32 
smoke  83 
smokeless  83 
sobriquet  139 
sociability  170 
sociology  172 
socket  95 
solder  101 


soldier  60 

solecism  139 

solemn  133 

solemnity  135 

solenoid  81 

solicit  131 

solicited  131 

solicitor  131 

solicitous  167 

soliloquy  165 

solitary  71 

solo  36 

solos  36 

solution  78 

solvent  118 

sonata  126 

sonorous  69 

sorcery  173 

sorghum  94 

soundness  164 

South  Australia  132 

South  Carolina  140 

South  Dakota  136 

Southern  91 

Southern 

Pacific  91 
souvenir  125 
sovereign  57 
sovereignty  75 
spacious  41 
spaghetti  94 
Spain  132 
Spanish  132 
spark  plug  115 
spasmodic  173 
special  22 
specialize  22 
specialty  107 
specie  127 
specific  172 
specifications  90 
specimen  123 
speckled  125 
spectacle  123 
spectacular  72 
spectator  61 
spectrum  82 
speculate  118 
speculator  119 


speedometer  115 

spherical  122 

spin  19 

spinach  135 

spinner  19 

spittoon  95 

Spokane  136 

spoke  shave  123 

sponsor  109 

spontaneity  168 

spoonful  15 

spot  19 

spotting  19 

spraying  192 

springe  25 

springeing  25 

sprinkler  95 

Sprocket  115 

spryer  32 

spurious  112 

squalid  112 

squalor  116 

squeal  16 
staff  35 
staffs  35 
staid  52 
stalwart  119 
staminate  92 
stanchion  117 

staple  95 
star  18 
starry  18 
statement  27 
static  81 
stationary  54 
stationery  54 
statistician  64 
statistics  61 
statue  54 
stature  54 
status  in  quo  179 
statute  54 
staves  35 
stayed  52 
steadfast  143 
stein  60 
stenographer  85 
stere  146 
stereopticon  83 


stereotype  124 
sterile  143 
sterilize  98 
stiff-necked  37 
stimulant  103 
stimulus  159 
stipulation  170 
stirrup  127 
Stockholm  142 
stop  17 
stopped  17 
stopper  17 
stopping  17 
storage  83 
straight  53 
strait  53 
straitened  171 
stratagem  127 
strategic  110 
strategy  31 
street  177 
strenuous  163 
stretchers  100 
stringency  118 
strip  18 
stripped  18 
stripping  18 
strychnine  102 
stubborn  159 
stucco  111 
studies  31 
study  31 
stuffed  98 
stupendous  158 
stupid  22 
stupidity  22 
stupefy  127 
stupor  158 
suavity  167 
subdivision  161 
subject  14 
submarine  83 
submissive  166 
submit  18 
submitted  18 
submitting  18 
subordinate  123 
subpoena  105 
subscriber  86 


28 


INDEX 


subscription  86 
subsequent  146 
subservient  173 
subsidiary  169 
subsidize  120 
substantial  61 
substantially  171 
substitution  78 
subterfuge  163 
subterranean  77 
subtlety  163 
subtraction  40 
subtrahend  78 
success  15 
successive  142 
successively  26 
successor  41 
succinct  119 
succotash  135 
succulent  119 
succulence  173 
succumb  61 
Sucre  130 
suede  99 
suffer  22 
sufferance  22 
suffered  22 
suffering  22 
suffice  165 
sufficient  60 
suffrage  76 
suffragette  171 
suicide  131 
suitable  56 
suite  53 
suited  161 
suites  100 
sulphur  84 
sulphurous  102 
summarized  172 
summary  120 
summit  133 
sumptuous  167 
sun  19 
sunning  19 
superannuated  139 
supercalendered  86 
supercilious  69 
superfluous  114 


superintendency  70 
Superintendent  148 
superior  72 
superiority  172 
superlative  119 
superscription  43 
supersede  125 
superstition  64 
supervision  63 
supervisor  123 
supplement  86 
supplementary  172 
supplicate  166 
supplied  124 
supplies  29 
supply  29 
support  158 
supporters  99 
supremacy  75 
supremely  27 
surah  99 
surcingle  137 
surety  108 
surface  77 
surfeit  60 
surge  52 
surgeon  85 
Surgeon  General 

148 
surgical  103 
surmountable  168 
surplice  93 
sturplus  97 
surprise  13 
surrender  72 
surreptitious  168 
surreys  34 
surroundings  131 
surveillance  60 
surveying  33 
surveyor  44 
surveys  34 
susceptible  61 
suspenders  93 
suspicion  125 
suspicious  152 
sustain  159 
sustenance  57 
swayed  33 


sweater  93 
Sweden  132 
Swedish  132 
sweet  53 
swinge  25 
swingeing  25 
swim  17 
swimming  17 
Swiss  132 
switch  89 
switchman  90 
Switzerland  132 
swivel  21 
swiveled  21 
swiveling  21 
sybarite  168 
sycamore  165 
Sydney  142 
syllogism  110 
symbol  22 
symbolical  22 
symbolize  22 
symmetrical  129 
symmetry  125 
sympathies  29 
sympathy  29 
symphonies  30 
symphony  30 
symptoms  143 
syndicate  127 
synonymous  61 
synopsis  169 
Syracuse  140 
syrup  94 
system  77 
systematic  124 
systematically  171 


tableau  114 
tablets  113 
taborette  100 
tabulating  173 
tacit  164 
tackling  143 
Tacoma  138 
tactics  137 
taffeta  93 


tag  18 
tagged  18 
tagger  18 
tagging  18 
tailor  85 
talent  153 
talisman  169 
talkative  41 
tamarind  92 
tambourine  126 
tangent  122 
tangerine  92 
tangible  66 
tantalize  165 
tapering  88 
tapestry  100 
tapioca  84 
tar  18 
tariff  15 
tariffs  35 
tarlatan  150 
tarry  18 
tarry  153 
Tasmania  132 
taxation  73 
taxicab  115 
teacher  85 
tear  53 
tedious  166 
Tegucigalpa  130 
telegram  90 
telegrapher  72 
telegraphic  90 
telegraphy  83 
telephone  120 
telephonic  173 
telescope  141 
temperance  70 
temperate  77 
temperature  77 
temporal  75 
tempus  fugit  179 
tenacious  61 
tenancy  107 
tendencies  31 
tendency  31 
tenement  112 
tenet  169 
ten-millionth  37 


INDEX 


20 


Tennessee  134 
tenon  122 
tenor  126 
tentative  116 
terminals  137 
terminus  133 
terrace  152 
terra  firma  179 
Terre  Haute  147 
territorial  74 
territories  30 
territory  30 
terror  72 
tessellated  111 
testament  105 
testamentary  131 
testifies  29 
testify  32 
testifying  32 
testimonials  156 
testimony  105 
tete  a  tete  179 
Texas  136 
textile  112 
theater  72 
their  53 
themselves  35 
theorem  78 
theories  31 
theory  31 
there  53 
thermal  131 
thermometer  72 
thermostat  81 
thief  35 
thieve  60 
thieves  35 
thin  19 
thinner  19 
thinnest  19 
thirtieth  29 
thirty  29 
thorough  112 
thoroughfare  139 
thralldom  137 
threaded  sleeve  123 
threaten  164 
three-fourths  37 
threshing  87 


threshold  116 
thrill  15 
throttle  89 
thumbscrew  122 
tiara  101 
Tibet  132 
Tibetan  132 
tickler  121 
tie  60 
tier  53 
tierce  60 
Tififany  101 
Tigi  Islands  132 
tUing  87 
till  15 
tUlage  87 
time-table  90 
timorous  168 
timothy  87 
tin  19 
tinge  25 
tingeing  25 
tinner  19 
tip  19 
tipping  19 
tires  83 
tiresome  27 
toaster  95 
tobacco  84 
toboggan  135 
toe  25 
toeing  25 
Toledo  138 
toll  15 
tomato  36 
tomatoes  36 
ton  18 
tongues  122 
tongue-tied  37 
tonnage  18 
tonneau  115 
tontine  97 
tool  recess  123 
topaz  101 
Topeka  91 
torpor  158 
tort  106 
tortuous  68 
total  15 


totally  112 
tourniquet  103 
toweling  99 
totally  112 
trace  25 
traceable  25 
tractable  66 
trade  159 
traffic  17 
trafficked  17 
trafficker  17 
trafficking  17 
tragedies  31 
tragedy  31 
tranquil  20 
tranquilize  20 
tranquillity  174 
trans-Atlantic  56 
transferable  18 
transformer  80 
transgression  64 
transient  60 
transit  89 
transitory  61 
transmission  144 
transmit  19 
transmitter  80 
transom  95 
transportation  89 
transposition  78 
Transvaal  151 
transversely  173 
trap  19 
trapeze  141 
trapper  19 
travel  15 
traveled  20 
traveler  20 
traveling  20 
traverse  116 
travesty  156 
treachery  150 
treasonable  135 
treasurer  44 
treasury  116 
treaties  73 
treatise  110 
treaty  29 
trellis  111 


tremendous  61 
tremor  166 
Trenton  138 
trepanning  137 
trespass  108 
trespasser  166 
trestle  122 
trestle  clamp  123 
tribunal  172 
tributaries  77 
trickery  158 
tries  29 
trigger  95 
trim  18 
trimmed  18 
trimmer  18 
trimming  18 
trimmings  99 
trio  36 
trios  36 
trip  18 
triple  125 
Tripoli  132 
Tripolitan  132 
tripped  18 
tripping  18 
troches  102 
troll  15 
'trombone  126 
tropical  77 
trot  IS 
trotted  18 
trotter  18 
trotting  18 
troublesome  159 
troupe  125 
trousseau  93 
trousers  93 
truism  166 
truly  26 
trusses  111 
try  29 

try-square  123 
tubercular  103 
tuberculosis  104 
Tucson  136 
tuition  131 
tumultuous  123 
tungsten  80 


30 


INDEX 


tunic  93 
Tunis  132 
Tunisian  132 
tunnel  21 
tunneled  21 
tunneling  21 
turbine  83 
turbulence  171 
turbulent  156 
tureen  98 
turf  35 
turfs  35 
Turkey  132 
Turkish  132 
turnips  94 
turpentine  84 
turquoise  101 
turret  111 
tutor  22 
tutored  22 
tutoring  22 
twenty-eight  37 
two-thirds  37 
tying  152 
typesetter  85 
typewriter  120 
typhoid  104 
typographical  170 
tyannies  30 
tyranny  30 

U 

ubiquity  120 
ulceration  103 
ulster  93 
ultimate  166 
ultimately  173 
ultimatum  73 
ultimo  177 
unbiased  155 
umbrage  120 
umbrella  99 
unaccountable  158 
unalloyed  169 
unanimity  61 
unanimous  175 
unavoidable  45 
unbalanced  172 


unbearable  43 

unbending  159 
unbiased  155 
unceremonious  154 
uncertainty  161 
unchangeable  153 
uncivilized  155 
uncommunica- 
tive 162 
unconditional  154 
unconscious  103 
undeniable  143 
underlying  143 
underrate  58 
underwear  99 
underwriter  97 
undesirable  58 
undoubtedly  119 
undulation  143 
undying  166 
unerring  173 
unexpected  157 
unexplainable  158 
unfeigned  164 
unfit  18 
unfitted  18 
unfortunate  171 
unfriendly  157 
ungovernable  159 
uniform  116 
unintelligible  61 
uninterrupted  156 
Union  Pacific  91 
unique  131 
unite  24 
uniting  24 
United  States  130 
United  States 

Army  177 
United  States 

Mail  177 
United  States  Mil- 
itary Academy 
177 
United  States 
Naval  Academy 
177 
United  States 
Navy  177 


unity  164 
universal  164 
universities  30 
university  30 
unlawful  38 
unlikely  40 
unlimited  154 
unmanageable  25 
unnatural  39 
unnecessary  38 
unparalleled  127 
unprejudiced  146 
unravel  21 
unraveled  21 
unraveling  21 
unremitting  156 
unruly  41 
unsalable  40 
unscrupulous  56 
unserviceable  25 
unstable  166 
unsuccessful  154 
unsullied  168 
until  15 
untiring  158 
unusual  153 
unveil  60 

unwarrantable  175 
unwary  166 
unwearying  158 
upheaval  170 
upholster  72 
upholstered  100 
uprightness  161 
Ural  134 
urbanity  135 
urgent  163 
Uruguay  130 
usable  23 
usage  161 
useful  26 
usurious  170 
usury  107 
Utah  136 
utensils  98 
utilize  127 
utilized  174 
utterance  116 


vacancies  31 
vacancy  31 
vacate  153 
vaccination  103 
vacillate  112 
vacuum  83 
vain  53 
valedictory  71 
Valenciennes  99 
valentine  141 
valid  107 
vaUdity  164 
valise  114 
valley  rafter  123 
valleys  34 
Valparaiso  151 
valuable  23 
value  156 
Vancouver  150 
vandalism  170 
vane  53 
vanilla  94 
vaporized  98 
variable  66 
variance  157 
varicose  135 
variegated  167 
various  67 
varnishes  95 
varying  32 
vaseline  102 
Vaterland  149 
vegetable  87 
vegetarian  167 
vehemence  70 
vein  53 
velocipede  170 
velocity  82 
velveteen  93 
veneer  88 
Venezuela  130 
vengeance  70 
Venice  142 
venomous  69 
ventilate  24 
ventilator  95 
ventriloquist  170 


INDEX 


31 


venue  106 
Veracruz  151 
veranda  111 
verbal  108 
verbatim  et 

literatim  179 
verdict  105 
verification  110 
vermicelli  139 
vermilion  139 
Vermont  140 
vernacular  72 
versatile  114 
versus  106 
Very  Reverend  148 
vertical  119 
vestibuled  90 
vestige  146 
veteran  171 
veterinary  85 
Veterinary  Surgeon 

148 
viaduct  89 
vibrate  157 
vibration  82 
vibrator  72 
vicarious  68 
vice  24 

Vice  Admiral  148 
Vice  President  148 
vice  versa  179 
vicinity  129 
vicious  24 
vicissitude  143 
Vicksburg  147 
victimize  42 
Victoria  132 
victories  30 
victorious  68 
victory  30 
victuals  125 
videlicet  177 
vie  60 
Vienna  142 
view  60 
vigilance  141 
vignette  86 
vigorous  69 
vilifying  169 


villain  131 
villainy  158 
vinaigrette  168 
vindication  168 
vinegar  72 
viola  126 
violation  107 
violent  113 
violin  126 
violinist  126 
violoncello  126 
Virginia  138 
virile  164 
Virtuoso  126 
virtuous  67 
virulence  70 
virulent  173 
virus  103 
vise  122 
visionary  61 
visitor  43 
vitiated  169 
vivacity  170 
vivisection  143 
vocation  167 
vociferous  61 
volcanic  77 
Volga  134 
volleys  34 
volt  81 
volume  82 
voluminous  129 
voluntarily  143 
voluntary  108 
voluptuous  169 
voracious  167 
voucher  90 
vouchers  156 
vulcanized  172 
vulgar  152 
vulgarity  172 

W 

wafers  94 
wafiles  98 
wainscot  150 
waistcoat  93 
twaiiress  98 


waive  106 
Wales  132 
walnut  88 
wandering  156 
ware  53 
warehouse  121 
warn  164 
warrant  105 
warranted  169 
warranty  105 
warrior  72 
TFarsai^  142 
Washington  136 
wasteful  26 
Waterbury  147 
watered  90 
waterfalls  77 
water  jacket  123 
watt  80 
waver  157 
waybill  90 
wayward  159 
weaken  157 
weapon  119 
wear  53 
weariness  29 
weary  29 
weathered  100 
Wednesday  131 
week  177 
weekly  86 
weigh  59 
weight  60 
weir  60 
weird  60 
welcome  37 
welfare  37 
well-bred  37 
well-known  37 
Welsh  132 
Western  91 
Western  Australia 

132 
West  Virginia  147 
wharf  35 
wharves  35 
Wheeling  147 
wherever  37 
wherewithal  37 


whether  125 
whetting  122 
whiff  35 
whimsical  131 
whirlpool  77 
whiskies  29 
whisky  29 
whiten  41 
White  Star  149 
whittling  122 
wholesale  118 
wholesome  152 
wholly  26 

whooping  cough  104 
Wichita  140 
wicked  159 
wicker  100 
wield  60 
wife  35 

Wilmington  147 
wily  164 
win  19 

wing  dividers  123 
winner  19 
Winona  138 
wireless  83 
Wisconsin  136 
wit  18 
withal  37 
withdrawal  120 
witness  105 
witticism  116 
witty  18 
wives  35 
wolf  35 
wolves  35 
woodcut  86 
Worcester  136 
wordy  157 
worrying  170 
worship  21 
worshiped  2 
worshiping  2 
worshiper  21 
worsted  125 
worthy  158 
wrangling  171 
wrap  19 
wrapper  19 


32 


INDEX 


wrenches  95 

Y 

yourself  35 

zephyr  99 

wretchedness  61 

yard  177 

yourselves  35 

zero  36 

wright  53 

year  177 

Ypsilanti  140 

zeros  36 

wringer  95 

Yenisei  134 

Yukon  134: 

zinc  17 

wrinkled  125 

yield  66 

zincked  17 

write  53 

yolk  53 

Z 

zincking  17 

Wyoming  136 

Yokohama  142 

Zambezi  134 

zincky  17 

yoke  53 

zealous  163 

zither  126 

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